Back to journal
Literature · Reflection
TOLSTOY ~ WRITER AND HIS SOUL
3 February 2011
“A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.”
Tolstoy
Photo 1848
Continue reading
Related stories
Literature · Reflection
TOLSTOY ~ MEN ARE LIKE RIVERS…
“One of the most widespread superstitions is that every man has his own special, definite qualities; that a man is kind, cruel, wise, stupid, energetic, apathetic, etc. Men are not like that . . . Men are like rivers; the water is the same in each, and alike in all; but every riv
Read story
Literature · Reflection
ANTON CHEKHOV ~ ON LIFE
“There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live.” —Anton Chekhov, The Three Sisters
Read story