“But in that strange way our world is arranged, petty causes have always given birth to great events, just as great ventures have always ended up with petty consequences.”

“And anyway, I am not fond of ruminations if ruminations are all they remain.”

From The Old World Landowners

Gogol, Nikola Vasilevich. And the Earth Will Sit on the Moon: Essential Stories. Translated by Oliver Ready. London: Pushkin Press, 2019.