The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories Quotes

“To tell about him, one should be French, because only the people of that nation manage to explain to others what they don’t understand themselves.”
― Николай Лесков, The Enchanted Wanderer: and Other Stories

“Having said that, the enchanted wanderer seemed to feel prophetic inspiration coming upon him anew and lapsed into quiet concentration, which none of his interlocutors ventured to interrupt with any new question. And what more could they have asked him? He had divulged the story of his past with all the candor of his simple soul, and his predictions remained in the hands of Him who conceals their destinies from the wise and prudent and only sometimes reveals them unto babes.”
― Nikolai Leskov, The Enchanted Wanderer: and Other Stories