Monday, July 19, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
'I'm a bad woman, I'm a ruined woman,' she thought, 'but I don't like to lie, I can't bear lying, and lying is food for him'. 'He knows everything, he sees everything; what does he feel, then, if he can talk so calmly?'
***
'But what was the purpose of pretending?' Varenka said softly.
'Oh, how vile and stupid! There was no need at all... It was all pretence!' she said, opening and closing the parasol.
'But for what purpose?'
'So as to seem better to people, to myself, to God-to decieve everyone. No, I won't fall into that any more! Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deciever!'
- Anna Karenina
***
'But what was the purpose of pretending?' Varenka said softly.
'Oh, how vile and stupid! There was no need at all... It was all pretence!' she said, opening and closing the parasol.
'But for what purpose?'
'So as to seem better to people, to myself, to God-to decieve everyone. No, I won't fall into that any more! Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deciever!'
- Anna Karenina
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