“ If you love me, as you say, . . . do so that I may be at peace. ”
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1877). copy citation
| Author | Leo Tolstoy |
|---|---|
| Source | Anna Karenina |
| Topic | love peace |
| Date | 1877 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1399/1399-h/1399-h.htm |
Context
“«I want you to go to Moscow and ask for Kitty's forgiveness,» she said.
«You don't wish that?» he said.
He saw she was saying what she forced herself to say, not what she wanted to say.
«If you love me, as you say,» she whispered, «do so that I may be at peace.»
His face grew radiant.
«Don't you know that you're all my life to me? But I know no peace, and I can't give it to you; all myself—and love … yes. I can't think of you and myself apart. You and I are one to me.” source
«You don't wish that?» he said.
He saw she was saying what she forced herself to say, not what she wanted to say.
«If you love me, as you say,» she whispered, «do so that I may be at peace.»
His face grew radiant.
«Don't you know that you're all my life to me? But I know no peace, and I can't give it to you; all myself—and love … yes. I can't think of you and myself apart. You and I are one to me.” source
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