“The whole pleasure of being in a state of unknowing is that as long as you don’t know, all possible outcomes feel as if they are happening.”

“We don’t know the final outcome, or even know how long the battle will last, but we do know the referee.”

“The whole world might know you and acclaim you, but someone in the past, forever unreachable, forever unknowing, spoils it all. ”

“You ever have that feeling? Like you’ve known someone your whole life but you don’t know them at all.”

“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”

“Don’t you know that you are all my life to me? ...But peace I do not know, and can’t give to you. My whole being, my love...yes! I cannot think about you and about myself separately. You and I are one to me. And I do not see before us the possibility of peace either for me or for you. I see the possibility of despair, misfortune...or of happiness-what happiness!...Is it impossible?"Vronksy”