Quote by Anton Chekhov
But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster

But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster. – Anton Chekhov

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The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on science and art are as well. – Anton Chekhov

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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. – Anton Chekhov

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I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you’ll need right up to the day you die. – William Wiley

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[T]he departing world leaves behind… not an heir, but a pregnant widow. – Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, Other Shore

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You are sad because they abandon you and you have not fallen. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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He who holds me by a thread is not strong; the thread is strong. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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