No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.
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Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.
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Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra... these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known... this is the only thing I can say about the matter. The utilitarian results do not interest me.
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The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.
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I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.
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Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.
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