Chekhov, Anton
- “Man [sic] has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he’s been given. But up to now he hasn’t been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life become extinct, the climate is ruined & the land grows poorer & uglier every day.” (Uncle Vanya, 1897)
- “Any idiot can face a crisis. It is this day-to-day living that wears you out.”
