“And everything that he saw before him
He despised or hated.”
"The Demon" (1830)
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Mikhail Lermontov 34
Russian writer, poet and painter 1814–1841Related quotes
“He saw her from the bottom of the stairs
Before she saw him.”
Home Burial (1915)
Context: He saw her from the bottom of the stairs
Before she saw him. She was starting down,
Looking back over her shoulder at some fear.
She took a doubtful step and then undid it
To raise herself and look again. He spoke
Advancing toward her: "What is it you see
From up there always?—for I want to know."
“He hated coming on the set and despised me because I wore white shoes.”
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Vronky and Anna discussing the visiting Prince, Part 4, Chapter 3
Anna Karenina (1875–1877; 1878)
Source: The Kite Runner (2003)
Context: With me as the glaring exception, my father molded the world around him to his liking. The problem, of course, was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
“He was her enemy, and she hated him because she could not hate him enough.”