Sublime

‘Manuscripts don’t burn’,

In Nekhludoff, as in all people, there were two beings; one spiritual, who sought only such happiness for himself as also benefited others; and the animal being, seeking his own happiness for the sake of which he is willing to sacrifice that of the world.

He’s one of those who don’t need millions, but need to resolve their thought.”

Animal insensibility

Ivan Ilych walked away, went into his room, laid down and began to think: a kidney, a wandering kidney. He thought back on everything the doctors had told him, how it had come loose, and how it now wandered. By the strength of his imagination he tried to catch that kidney and hold it still, to give it strength; so little was needed, it seemed to hi

He prided himself on his ability to judge by appearances, a pardonable weakness in one who was already fifty—an age when an intelligent, well-to-do man of the world always starts to take himself seriously, sometimes even against his better judgement.

I also doubt that Chekhov would have thought of this as “a pattern story.” Because every story is a pattern story. What I mean by this is that every story has patterns within it. (“The Darling” is a daringly purebred “pattern story.”)

одни воробьиные яйца, из которых заказывал себе яичницу, потому что больше в целом доме никто ее не ел.

antagonism