Anna Karenina

"There is something special in the human soul that makes a man capable of great love and terrible jealousy."

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"He felt that he was not himself but some other man."

"What we resist persists, and what we accept transforms."

"The pursuit of perfection often leads to despair."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"Life is what happens while we make other plans."

"The greatest gift we can give is our attention."

"We are not masters of our fate, but servants of it."

"Solitude is sometimes necessary for the soul."

"The truth will always emerge, no matter how we try to hide it."

"Expectation is often the enemy of happiness."

"We often seek what we already have in those we do not."

"Life becomes meaningful only through our relationships with others."

"The measure of a person's character is how they treat those beneath them."

"True friendship requires complete honesty."

"In every person there exists a capacity for both good and evil."

"The past cannot be changed, only understood."

"Love without sacrifice is not love at all."

"No one can truly know another person's heart."

"Suffering teaches us what nothing else can teach."

"The bonds of family are stronger than any other tie."

"Every person has a right to pursue their own happiness."

"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"The most important thing in life is to understand what truly matters to you."

"What love is, is not something you can explain."

"Society is built on the foundations of hypocrisy."

"We are all slaves to something."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."