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Tolstoy

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Tolstoy

A transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj).

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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff. Mike Tyson

The Jews of the shtetls that Tolstoy remembered were saints... the people I photographed were saints. So now, in 1983, I tell the world: When you learn about Goethe, don't forget to study the Holocaust, too. Roman Vishniac

Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel. Bob Woodward

That's how stories happen - with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There's only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story. Haruki Murakami

It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story. Haruki Murakami

I read myths and fairy tales and books about them a great deal now, but I very seldom read novels. I find modern novels bore me. I can read Tolstoy and the Russians, but mostly I read comparative mythology and comparative religion. I need matter to carry with me. P. L. Travers

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