Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy Quotes

“Meanwhile spring arrived. My old dejection passed away and gave place to the unrest which spring brings with it, full of dreams and vague hopes and desires.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy

“The heroine of my writings is She, whom I love with all the forces of my being, She who always was, is and will be beautiful, is Truth”
― Leo Tolstoy, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy

“When I came to you out of all that dust and heat and toil, I positively smelt violets at once. But not the sweet violet - you know, that early dark violet that smells of melting snow and spring grass.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy

“The scent of flowers grew stronger and came from all sides; the grass was drenched with dew; a nightingale struck up in a lilac bush close by and then stopped on hearing our voices; the starry sky seemed to come down lower over our heads.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy

“I find it difficult now to recall and understand the dreams which then filled my imagination. Even when I can recall them, I find it hard to believe that my dreams were just like that: they were so strange and so remote from life.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy

“But what desires can always be satisfied despite external circumstances? What are they? Love, self-sacrifice.' He”
― Leo Tolstoy, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy [with Biographical Introduction]