The story of Ivan Ilyich life was of the simplest, most ordinary and therefore most terrible". Tolstoy defines living an ordinary life as terrible - I really do have to agree!

“When he thought of her, he could call up a vivid picture of her to himself, esp…”

“When you understand that you will die tomorrow, if not today, and nothing will …”

“There are two aspects," Alexey Alexandrovitch resumed: "those who take part and…”

“Yes, love, ...but not the love that loves for something, to gain something, or …”