"To live one must have something to hang on to... In the provinces only the body works, not the spirit."

- Chekhov's Notebooks about Three Sisters

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IRINA. "It is hard to live without a father, without a mother." - "And without a husband." - "Yes, without a husband. Whom could one confide in? To whom could one complain? With whom could one share one's joy? One must love someone strongly." 

- Chekhov's notebooks about Three Sisters