Anna Karenina

Book · 8 characters · 802 quotes · 2012

Quotes from Anna Karenina

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"Creativity is the breath of the soul."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Creativity
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"Words cannot capture what the heart knows."
Levin Love
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"The body may age, but the spirit endures."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Strength
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"Understanding another requires surrendering judgment."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Wisdom
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"We are prisoners of our own making."
Alexei Vronsky Freedom
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"Happiness is found in small moments, not grand gestures."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Happiness
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"The natural world teaches us what we refuse to learn."
Levin Nature
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"Power corrupts not through malice but through indifference."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Power
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"Life is lived forward but understood backward."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Time
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"Kindness costs nothing but means everything."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Kindness
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"Hope is the cruelest of all emotions."
Anna Karenina Hope
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"The soul recognizes truth immediately."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Truth
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"To know love is to know oneself."
Levin Love
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"Society demands conformity above all else."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Philosophy
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"The past cannot be changed, only understood."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) History
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"Duty and desire are often at odds."
Stiva Oblonsky Wisdom
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"Art without truth is merely decoration."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Art
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"We are all bound by invisible threads."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Relationships
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Patience
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"The heart wants what it wants."
Anna Karenina Love
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"Freedom is knowing thyself."
Levin Freedom
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"Men are afraid of change."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Change
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"To love is to suffer."
Alexei Vronsky Love
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"Beauty demands nothing but appreciation."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Beauty
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"Conscience is the voice within us."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Wisdom
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"Work is the only thing that saves us."
Levin Work
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"People often speak of the power of music."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Music
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"The presence of death gives meaning to life."
Levin Death
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"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Family
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"Forgiveness is not an action subsequent to the commission of a crime."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator) Justice