Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Quotes

“Now and again in these parts you come across people so remarkable that, no matter how much time has passed since you met them, it is impossible to recall them without your heart trembling.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

“Katerina Lvovna lived a boring life in the rich house of her father-in-law during the five years of marriage to her unaffectionate husband; but, as often happens, no one paid the slightest attention to this boredom of hers.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk