Is there a living man in the country?" cried the Russian hero. I cry the same, though I am not a hero, and no one answers my cry.

“I tell you, sir, it's very easy for Pyotr Stepanovich to live in the world, bec…”

“I invented adventures for myself and made up a life, so as at least to live in …”

“My friend, the truth is always implausible.”

“I’ve alway been struck by how little adults understand children, even their own…”