![]() ![]() Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. ― Anton Chekhov, quote from Selected Stories of Anton Chekhovįorever Consumed by Skyla Madi About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, "It's that kind of night, sir! At other times you don't pay attention to rockets, but now any vain thing makes you glad. "It's even impossible to say how beautiful!" sighed Ieronym. On the bank a noise was heard resembling a distant "hoorah." Suddenly slashing it open, the golden ribbon of a rocket soared skywards it described an arc and, as if shattering against the sky, burst and came sifting down in sparks. The burning barrels threw light on their own smoke and on the long human shadows that flitted about the fire but further to the sides and behind them, where the velvet ringing rushed from, was the same impenetrable darkness. Their reflection, crimson as the rising moon, crept to meet us in long, wide stripes. At the water's edge, barrels of pitch blazed like huge bonfires. ![]() There the "lumination" which the peasant had been waiting for was already beginning. We were silent and looked at the bank towards which we were now moving. Soon Ieronym straightened up and began working with one hand. ![]() The silhouette of the peasant in the tall hat slowly began to recede from me-which meant that the ferry was moving. ![]() “Ieronym took hold of the cable with both hands, curved himself into a question mark, and grunted. ![]()
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