- Every life, every death, every suffering, every joy, every happiness, every sorrow, every love, every hatred, every passion, every crime, every virtue, every evil, every good, every truth, every lie — all of it was in him, and all of it was nothing but death. The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- Nothing is stronger than those two warriors, patience and time. War and Peace
- He searched for his former habitual fear of death and could not find it. The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- War is not courtesy, but the most disgusting thing in life, and we must understand this and not play at war. War and Peace
- Instead of death, there was light. The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- Do today what you should do tomorrow, and if you want to be happy, think that you will die tomorrow. War and Peace