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 rotte…

- Sophia Tolstaya

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 th…

- Sophia Tolstaya

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 …

- Sophia Tolstaya

family relationships have made me so ill!

- Sophia Tolstaya

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

- Sophia Tolstaya

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

- Sophia Tolstaya