“Books took, in her young life, the place of companions and childish games. She read a great deal without guidance or discrimination, and gained all her ideas on life, all her faith, all her ideals and aims and aspirations from… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“People in books were always so charming, and all their thoughts and actions so comprehensible. They all invariably had a clear, well-defined object in life, and strove through a few hundred engrossing pages to attain this object. They were all… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“The girl, indeed, is rare who does not, on getting married, attempt to remodel her husband according to her own ideas.” — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“We know how to dream beautifully! And in our dreams we are always extraordinarily active! We cross oceans, found colonies, introduce ideal governments, and… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“Therefore, people desirous of attaining happiness, must as a first step be just and honourable, and never offend nor hurt anyone. Then, and then… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“But the child grows up, and reaches adolescence. He stands on the threshold of life, and the school-bench is left behind him. School has… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“Italians can drink hot chocolate and eat ices almost at the same time, without dying!” — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“Life—life—how cruel it is! Nothing but tears and sorrow and despair! Not a moment of happiness! Not a moment of joy.” — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“He announced to me that as soon as ever he grows up, he will get married, just because he wants to have little children,… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“And yet if anything in the world can save you, it is not a convent and not Catholicism, but simply an active interest in… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“Books took, in her young life, the place of companions and childish games. She read a great deal without guidance or discrimination, and gained… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“Thousands, millions of people are born every day, but never again will the world see your like !” — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“A careful observation of ourselves would immensely simplify life, and would make many things much clearer to us.” — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
“Why are you all quarrelling about whether certain miracles were or were not performed nineteen centuries ago in Palestine? Why must you be certain… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
