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"White Nights" Quotes
A lonely dreamer in St. Petersburg spends four magical nights with a young woman, experiencing love, longing, and heartbreak.
Quotes
I am a dreamer. I have so little of real life that I sometimes take dreams for reality.
My God! A whole moment of happiness! Is that too little for the whole of a man's life?
Why, oh why am I condemned to be alone?
She was so unhappy that I longed to comfort her, to tell her something tender and consoling.
We are fond of talking about ourselves, but to talk about ourselves to someone else is unbearable.
The best moments in our lives are when we are alone, but we are not aware of it.
You see, I love her so much that I would rather see her happy with another than unhappy with me.
I have lived so little, I have been so little among men, that I am always afraid of saying something unseemly.
It seemed to me that her heart must be as lonely as mine.
Is it possible to go through life with so little happiness?