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Anna Karenina
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"Anna Karenina" Quotes

The married Anna Karenina falls in love with Count Vronsky, leading to a tragic and scandalous affair in 19th century Russia.

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Quotes

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

Leo Tolstoy

familyhappiness

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

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loverespect

The only thing that we know is that we know nothing - and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.

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wisdomknowledge

Everything intelligent is so boring.

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intelligence

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

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loveattraction

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

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perfectioncontentment

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

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lovediversity

The best stories don't come from 'good vs. bad' but 'good vs. good.'

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moralityconflict

Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.

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introspectionself-discovery

The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.

Leo Tolstoy

truthsimplicity