Sophia Tolstaya Quotes

• I am nothing but a miserable, crushed worm, whom no one wants, whom no one loves, a useless creature with morning sickness, and abig belly, two rotten teeth, and a bad temper, a battered sense of dignity, and a love which nobody wants and which nearly drives me insane.

  Sophia Tolstaya

  Morning, Two, Insane

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• I am to gratify his pleasure and nurse his child, I am a piece of household furniture, I am a woman.

  Sophia Tolstaya

  Children, Nurse, Wife

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• How I regret now that my perpetual emotional dependence on the man I love has killed all my other talents - my energy too: and I had such a lot of that once.

  Sophia Tolstaya

  Regret, Sacrifice, Men

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• I never had time to do anything for myself. I've always had to subordinate my energy and time to the demands of my husband and children at any given moment. And now old age has crept up on me and I have used up all my mental and physical strength on my family.

  Sophia Tolstaya

  Children, Husband, Sacrifice

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• One can't live on love alone; and I am so stupid that I can do nothing but think of him.

  Sophia Tolstaya

  Love, Stupid, Thinking

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• family relationships have made me so ill!

  Sophia Tolstaya

  Family, Made, Family Relationship

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