Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Ivan just sneered, opening his mouth to say something else. But that something else was lost when Thel turned around and straight punched him…

— Theodora Taylor

“Ivan felt an intense hatred for him before he had thought about him at all. Suddenly he realised his presence and felt an irresistible…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“At seven o’clock Ivan got into the train and set off to Moscow. ‘Away with the past. I’ve done with the old world for…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Ivan, task handled, lowered his hand, pausing only to pop his knuckles. He turned to face his apprentice. He cleared his throat, and took…

— Drew Hayes

“I don’t think—” “Clearly. Why start now?” Ivan’s face flushed in anger. “You don’t—” Sturmhond leaned in close, the laughter gone from his voice,…

— Leigh Bardugo

“I'll keep my head down," Mally assured him. "I'll be careful." "If anything happens---" "If anything happens I'll tell you immediately." Ivan seemed pleased…

— M.L LeGette

“Imagine that you enter a parlor. You come late. When you arrive, others have long preceded you, and they are engaged in a heated…

— Kenneth Burke

“Whatever you're thinking of. Just don't. I don't want anything to do with it." "What I was about to say," said Miles, giving him…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“As we took the court for the second half, I made a secret now to myself that I would never listen to a single…

— Pat Conroy

“The only alternative to talking is the building up of resentment and anger, which in the time must inevitably become open hostility and conflict.”

— Gustav Niebuhr

“And if I am further pressed to declare straightforwardly whether I mean to disparage these authorities [who criticize Ibsen], I reply, pointedly, that I…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Where is Ivan?”

— John Scalzi