Sakhalin Island QUOTES

1 " All these torments which the fish undergoes during the period of love are called “migration to death” in Russian, because they inevitably lead to death, and not a single one of the fish ever returns to the ocean – they all die in the rivers. “Irresistible bouts of erotic attraction leading to one’s demise,” says Middendorf. "

― Anton Chekhov , Sakhalin Island

3 " timorous "

― Anton Chekhov , Sakhalin Island