Quotes from Gogol Nikolai

Îl z?p?cise pur ?i simplu mul?imea aceea nespus de pestri??, de parc? diavolul f?râmase lumea buc??i ?i le adunase apoi la loc, f?r? niciun sens, f?r? niciun rost.

Oh, I cannot understand these points — absolutely I cannot. And the strangest, most unintelligible fact of all is that authors actually can select such occurrences for their subject! I confess this too to pass my comprehension, to -But no; I will say just that I do not understand it. In the first place, a course of the sort never benefits the country. And in the second place — in the second place, a course of the sort never benefits anything at all. I cannot divine the use of it.

Of style or beauty of expression he would need to take no account, for the value of a book lies in its truth and its actuality rather than in its wording.

What use am I?...How can I help feeling stings of conscience when I know that I am a useless burden on the earth?