Anton Chekhov Quotes About Grief

Quotes about: Grief

• The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

  Anton Chekhov

  Powerful, Philosophy, Grief

  "A Dreadful Night". Short story by Anton Chekhov, November 3, 1886.

• Happiness does not await us all. One needn't be a prophet to say that there will be more grief and pain than serenity and money. That is why we must hang on to one another.

  Anton Chekhov

  Pain, Grief, Serenity

  Letter to K.S. Barantsevich, March 3, 1888.

• When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give a kind of background to another's grief, against which it stands out more clearly. Whereas in your story the characters cry and you sigh. Yes, be more cold. ... The more objective you are, the stronger will be the impression you make.

  Anton Chekhov

  Kindness, Grief, Character

• When you want to touch the reader's heart, try to be colder. It gives their grief as it were, a background, against which it stands out in greater relief.

  Anton Chekhov

  Grief, Heart, Giving

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1964). “Letters on the short story, the drama, and other literary topics”

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