Anna Karenina

Book · 8 characters · 802 quotes · 2012

Quotes from Anna Karenina

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"A woman's heart is like the ocean, full of secrets and depths"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Beauty
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"Family is everything when everything else fails"
Kitty Shcherbatskaya Family
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"Change is the only constant in life"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Change
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"The heart wants what it wants"
Anna Karenina Love
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"Death is inevitable. We all must face it alone"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Death
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"Wherever there is beauty, there is ugliness; wherever there is truth, there is falsehood"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Philosophy
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"The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity"
Levin Wisdom
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"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness"
Alexei Vronsky Courage
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"One can't live on love alone"
Dolly Oblonskaya Life
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"The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Truth
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"Love is the only thing that makes life worth living"
Anna Karenina Love
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Relationships
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"The difference between a good life and a bad one is in your choice of companions"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Friendship
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"Man can endure anything if he has something to live for"
Levin Motivation
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"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Happiness
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"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Life
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"Truth always emerges, no matter how long it is hidden."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Truth
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"Time is the ultimate judge of all things."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Time
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"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is peace."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Knowledge
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"Education opens the doors of the mind."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Education
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"Change is inevitable and constant."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Change
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"Courage is not the absence of fear."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Courage
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"Hope is what sustains us through suffering."
Levin Hope
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"Justice is an ideal we strive toward."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Justice
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"Creativity flourishes in freedom."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Creativity
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"Humor is the best defense against despair."
Stiva Oblonsky Humor
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"Dreams keep us alive."
Anna Karenina Dreams
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"Leadership is the burden of responsibility."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Leadership
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"Faith without works is dead."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Faith
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"Music soothes the troubled heart."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Music