Anna Karenina

there was something false in the whole shape of their family life

‘I can, but I can’t be the first to speak of it. By that alone you can see whether I’ve guessed right or not,’ said Stepan Arkadyich, glancing at Levin with a subtle smile.

steeds I can tell by their something-or-other thighs, and young men in love by the look in their eyes,’19 declaimed Stepan Arkadyich. ‘You’ve got everything before you.’
‘And with you it’s already behind?’
‘No, not behind, but you have the future and I the present - a bit of this, a bit of that.’