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Quotes from Tolstoy Remembered — Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaya

1864–1950 Russia

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I was fortunate enough to grow up surrounded by people who loved one another and who loved me. I assumed then that such loving relationships were only natural, an inherent characteristic of human nature. And despite a long existence during which I have since encountered cruelty and hatred between men, that is still my belief. I am truly convinced to this day that such behaviour is no more normal than illness is. And that, like illness, it is produced by transgressing the fundamental laws of life.

Tolstoy Remembered (1975)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaya (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.