Trigorin Chekhov Quotes & Sayings

(Darcy) "Why do you suppose she decided to come back ... after all this time, I mean?"
(Nick) "The barmaid?"
"Bronte"
"If I were to hazard a guess, I would suppose her mother finally convinced her she was on her deathbed."
"I suppose, but since she's been on her deathbed for the past ten years that I know of. I'm thinking Bronte probably wouldn't fall for it."
— Jaide Fox

Hey," I said. How are you?"
Liz moved from the end of my bed and Zach eased closer, carefully like I was still too fragile.
"I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be asking you that." He leaned down and kissed the top of my head. "Remind me to kill you later for going off like that."
"It hurts when I laugh," I told him.
"Good. Because I'm not joking. — Ally Carter

NINA
Think of me sometimes.
TRIGORIN
I shall never forget you. I shall always remember you as I saw you that bright day
do you recall it?
a week ago, when you wore your light dress, and we talked together, and the white seagull lay on the bench beside us. — Anton Chekhov

The birth of Jesus
Without officious statement
Quietly and gently
Directly into our hearts — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

A vaccine introduces a small amount or a tempered version of the virus into the body - just enough to that the body is able to recognize it and deal with it when it encounters it again in the future. — Eula Biss

I used to be stupid but I've turned that situation around 360 degrees. — Scott Adams

Divide and Conquer. As long as some people have commanded the work of others, this has been management's basic principle. — Peter Rachleff

I let her know that I expected as much money with their daughter as would pay off my remaining debt for the printing-house, which I believe was not then above a hundred pounds. She brought me word they had no such sum to spare; I said they might mortgage their house in the loan-office. The answer to this, after some days, was, that they did not approve the match; that, on inquiry of Bradford, they had been inform'd the printing business was not a profitable one; the types would soon be worn out, and more wanted; that S. Keimer and D. Harry had failed one after the other, and I should probably soon follow them; and, therefore, I was forbidden the house, and the daughter shut up. — Various

The best things in life are not only free, but the line is shorter. — Robert Breault

They fuck hard and fast at too many gees, his docking hectocotylus locked tight inside her launch adapter. — Charles Stross

Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in thy soul inward contention nor external effusion, nor in life be so busy as to have no leisure. — Marcus Aurelius

By working toward a financial objective, you'll start to see the money add up for retirement or the credit card balance go down. But it doesn't have an immediate impact on your day-to-day life, and when it does - like when you're pinching pennies to save more - the immediate impact could feel negative. — Jean Chatzky

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't. — Annie Leibovitz

TRIGORIN
Why do I hear a note of sadness that wrings my heart in this cry of a pure soul? If at any time you should have need of my life, come and take it. — Anton Chekhov

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens. — Mike Quade

I have nothing to say to men and never had. Judging from the little time I've spent with them, their usual conversation is sickening. Besides, they bore me. I believe," he hesitated, then concluded, "I believe I don't understand men. — Colette

He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my right eye. He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my other eye. — Frank Zappa