“«But you are talking of physical love. Do you not admit a love based upon a conformity of ideals, on a spiritual affinity?»«Why not? But in that case it is not necessary to procreate together (excuse my brutality).»”

“A wound in the soul, coming from the rending of the spiritual body, strange as it may seem, gradually closes like a physical wound. And once a deep wound heals over and the edges seem to have knit, a wound in the soul, like a physical wound, can be healed only by the force of life pushing up from inside.This was the way Natasha's wound healed. She thought her life was over. But suddenly her love for her mother showed her that the essence of life - love - was still alive in her. Love awoke, and life awoke.”

“For love? What antediluvian notions you have! Can one talk of love in these days?" said the ambassador's wife."What's to be done? It's a foolish old fashion that's kept up still," said Vronsky.”

“It's not so much that he can't fall in love, but he has not the weakness necessary.”

“If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace.”

“that in every individual a spiritual element is manifested that gives life to all that exists, and that this spiritual element strives to unite with everything of a like nature to itself, and attains this aim through love.”

“In order to undertake anything in family life, it is necessary that there be either complete discord between the spouses or loving harmony.”