5 Best Leo Tolstoy Quotes

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

Opening line of the novel, setting the theme of family and happiness.

“He stepped on the rail, and then he remembered that he had to cross the track. He looked at the car, at the steps, and the memory of the man who had been run over that day came into his mind.”

Anna's final moments before her suicide, recalling the earlier accident.

“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.”

Epigraph of the novel, suggesting divine judgment on Anna's actions.

“I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many loves as there are hearts.”

Anna's remark about love, showing her belief in the uniqueness of each love.

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”

Anna's bitter comment about her marriage to Karenin.