“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.”
— Leo Tolstoy, “War and Peace”
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Me a few years ago: oh Russian literature musical!
Me every day since then: DID I SQUANDER MY DIVINITY? WAS HAPPINESS WITHIN ME THIS WHOLE TIME?
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Sex is actually a myth created by classic Russian lit authors as a plot device to stir up drama
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when i open a book and there's a character named dmitri or alexei i already know im cooked
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“I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger
Painting by Rinat Voligamsi
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''En güçlü iki savaşçı, sabır ve zamandır.''
Tolstoy
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"Hayat bizi dört işlemle sınar:
Gerçeklerle çarpar, ayrılıklarla böler, insanlıktan çıkarır ve sonunda 'kendini topla' der.
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“Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre.”
— Leo Tolstoy, “A Calendar of Wisdom”
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"Ağrıyan yeri koparıp atmak istiyor, sonra ağrıyan yerin bizzat kendisi olduğunu hissediyordu.."
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• Belki de her şeyi kabullenip hayatı akışına bırakmak lazım. Zorlamak bazen çözüm değildir. Ve zorla olan hiçbir şey güzel değildir.
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