"We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'."

-- Fyodor Dostoevsky

#Gogol Quotes #Overcoat Quotes #Russian Literature Quotes

“Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.”
“I'd like to have kids at some point. I think I'll have a family someday.”
“The bluebird is well named, for he wears a coat of the purest, richest, and most gorgeous blue on back, wings, and tail; no North American bird better deserves the name, for no other flashes before our admiring eyes so much brilliant blue.”

Source : Arthur Cleveland Bent (1949). “Life histories of North American thrushes, kinglets, and their allies: order Passeriformes”
“If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.”
“My aim is to create the perfect dress!”
“I kind of think that he [Prince] was pleased because he allowed [When Doves Cry] to be done.”
“The contemporary memoir is playing an important role in at least just bringing certain relationships out into the open in American society, and also it's a place where the novel of development, the novel of consciousness, has gone.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Fame is fickle. If the media turn against me, I will just have more time in the library. Not bad as a fate.”

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