Anna Karenina

"Change is the only constant."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that the very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"The true measure of a person is how they treat those who can do them no good."

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

"Freedom exists only in the land of dreams."

"The heart wants what it wants."

"What is the difference between knowledge and imagination?"

"The more we live, the more we realize that man's greatest enemy is himself."

"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

"Death, the last sleep? No, the final awakening."

"There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail."

"All the variety, all the charm, and all the beauty of life is made up of light and shade."

"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

"It is often said that man is ruled by his passions, but it would be truer to say that man is ruled by his imagination."

"Peace comes not from avoiding life but facing it."

"The greatest battles are fought within ourselves."

"Authenticity is the rarest form of courage."

"We seek happiness in the wrong places."

"Connection is the antidote to emptiness."

"The truth we avoid always finds us."

"A moment of passion can destroy years of peace."

"We are moved by forces we do not understand."

"Wealth cannot purchase what the heart truly needs."

"The past chains us only if we allow it."

"Time heals all wounds, though scars remain."