“Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina" when asked the three best novels of all time.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Art is bad when ‘you see the intent and get put off.’ (Goethe) In Tolstoy one is unaware of the intent, and… — Joel Carmichael Copy Share Image
“On one memorable occasion Vronsky played all the parts in an abridged version of Anna Karenina when the rest of the cast… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
People have quite a simple idea about 'Anna Karenina.' They feel that the novel is entirely about a young married woman who… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I endured quite a few injuries when I was younger and had my first surgery on my foot when I was 15.… — Alicia Vikander Copy Share Image
Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
The book that made me decide to go into Russian literature was 'Anna Karenina,' which I first read in high school. The… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Tolstoy didn't know about steampunk or cyborgs, but he did know about the nightmarishness of steam power, unruly machines, and the creepy… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Tolstoy opens Anna Karenina by observing: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Business is… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
“The hormones also made me more emotional. I found myself snapping at Chad and Jeff for blasting The Rock and Stone Cold… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Every story has already been told. Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each section is… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“The central theme of Anna Karenina," he said, "is that a rural life of moral simplicity, despite its monotony, is the preferable… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“I think there really is no other way to write a long, serious novel. You work, shelve it for a while, work,… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian novelist, writer, essayist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I, too, like to read. Once a month, I go to the local branch. For myself, I pick a novel and, for… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
In a vacuum all photons travel at the same speed. They slow down when travelling through air or water or glass. Photons… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
It’s Tolstoy, by the way,” I say as I open the door. He turns around. “What?” Shut up, I tell myself. Shut… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“[The book, Anna Karenina, is] a mirror held up to the real, grimy, quotidian interactions of married life, of which romance is… — Kate Moses Copy Share Image
“When they returned to Filigree Street, Mori refused even to go upstairs. Instead he hid under a quilt in the parlour with… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“ Anna Karenina is sheer perfection as a work of art. No European work of fiction of our present day comes anywhere… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
'Anna Karenina.' I read it in college. I was so engrossed that I couldn't stop reading it and neglected all my other… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
“That summer was a long hot one, unusual for Ireland. As the days grew hotter the summer seemed endless. Gertrude was suspended… — Anne McCabe Copy Share Image
![“[The book, Anna Karenina, is] a mirror held up to the real, grimy, quotidian interactions of married life, of which romance is little more than a passing mood: marriage, that slippery social contract that, if it works at all, depends more on indulgent disconnection than on some kind of sacred…” quote by Kate Moses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/kate-moses-96635_book_the-book-anna-karenina-is-a-mirror-held_883578.jpg)
