Sakhalin Island Quotes

“vituperation,”
― Anton Chekhov, Sakhalin Island

“All these torments which the fish undergoes during the period of love are called “migration to death” in Russian, because they inevitably lead to death, and not a single one of the fish ever returns to the ocean – they all die in the rivers. “Irresistible bouts of erotic attraction leading to one’s demise,” says Middendorf.”
― Anton Chekhov, Sakhalin Island

“timorous”
― Anton Chekhov, Sakhalin Island