"Rest, nature, books, music… such is my idea of happiness."
Leo Tolstoy (via human-voices)
"Everything intelligent is so boring."
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
"Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy."
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content."
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
"I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts."
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)