He drew in a breath, stopped in the midst of a sigh, stretched out, and died.
Jojohas quoted4 months ago
They are sorry, but it will be better for them when I die.
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Jojohas quoted4 months ago
From that moment the screaming began that continued for three days, and was so terrible that one could not hear it through two closed doors without horror.
Jojohas quoted4 months ago
wept like a child. He wept on account of his helplessness, his terrible loneliness
Jojohas quoted4 months ago
Ivan Ilych was left alone with the consciousness that his life was poisoned and was poisoning the lives of others, and that this poison did not weaken but penetrated more and more deeply into his whole being.
Jojohas quoted4 months ago
Three days of frightful suffering and the death! Why, that might suddenly, at any time, happen to me,"
Jojohas quoted4 months ago
The dead man lay, as dead men always lie,
Jojohas quoted4 months ago
"it is he who is dead and not I."
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missninahas quoted2 years ago
Suddenly some force struck him in the chest and side, making it still harder to breathe, and he fell through the hole and there at the bottom was a light. What had happened to him was like the sensation one sometimes experiences in a railway carriage when one thinks one is going backwards while one is really going forwards and suddenly becomes aware of the real direction.