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1 " In October I confessed my love for her, and she allowed me to kiss her. "
― Alexander Pushkin , The Collected Stories
2 " To “seek inspiration” has always seemed to me a ridiculous and absurd fancy: inspiration cannot be sought out; it must find the poet. For "
3 " Kendimizi kandırmaya gücümüzün yetmediği sıralarda, atasözleri şaşılacak kadar yararlar işimize. "
4 " Aşk kördür, kendine güveni yoktur ve herhangi bir dayanak buldu mu, hemen sarılır ona. "
5 " I have become well versed in magic. "
6 " Nereye varacak bu politik materyalizmin sonu? Bu gidişe dur demenin zamanı geldi artık! "
7 " I must nevertheless point out that our profession very closely approaches the idea of that which is called art. Into it enter all the elements which go to form art—vocation, inspiration, fantasy, inventiveness, ambition, and a long and arduous apprenticeship to the science. "
8 " At first glance you would think it was nothing more than an ordinary house-gown, but only at first glance. If you looked at it again, you could tell right away that it met all the requirements of a fancy ball-gown. What struck Abramka most was that it had no waist line, that it did not consist of bodice and skirt. That was strange. It was just caught lightly together under the bosom, which it brought out in relief. Draped over the whole was a sort of upper garment of exquisite old-rose lace embroidered with large silk flowers, which fell from the shoulders and broadened out in bold superb lines. The dress was cut low and edged with a narrow strip of black down around the bosom, around the bottom of the lace drapery, and around the hem of the skirt. A wonderful fan of feathers to match the down edging gave the finishing touch. "