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»Any knowledge is only the placing of the essence of life under the laws of reason.«

I repeat: WHAT is going on with Nikolai?!?

Nikolai has suddenly turned toxic and Natasha is being objectified? No thanks

Nikolai being passive aggressive for no reason again

»Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think that all is lost; but it's only here that the new and the good begins. As long as there's life, there's happiness. There's much, much still to come.«

»She glanced back. For a few seconds they looked silently into each other's eyes, and the distant and impossible suddenly became near, possible, and inevitable.«

»Generally, I've noticed that being an interesting person is very convenient (I am an interesting person now); people invite me and tell me about myself.«

Can we just appreciate Tolstoy's weather/nature descriptions for a second??
»The whole day had been quiet, frosty, with light, sparse snow falling; towards the evening it began to clear. The deep purple, starry sky could be seen through the snowflakes, and the frost began to deepen.«

»A feeling stronger than friendship was established between them: it was the exceptional feeling that life was possible only in each other's presence.«

»The solitude exhausted her, tormented her; but it was necessary for her.«