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Quotation from Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
“If I had lived a normal life I might have become another Schopenhauer or Dostoieffski.”
Uncle Vanya, Act III, trans. Marian Fell
Vanya's outburst after the professor proposes to sell the estate, moments before he fetches the revolver.
Citation: "If I had lived a normal life I might have become another Schopenhauer or Dostoieffski." — Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, Act III, trans. Marian Fell. (id chekhov-uncle-vanya-q5)
Portrait: Anton Chekhov with bow-tie sepia image, Unknown photographer, Public domain.
