Levin quotes from Anna Karenina (2012)

Look at me! I'm receiving for Papa and Maman who are late to dress. It’s my first reception.

Levin

Princess Ekaterina! Delighted, delighted!

I'm so pleased you were able to be with us, Konstantin Dmitrich!

Levin

Kitty... you look... you look...

Stiva told us you were back. How long are you staying?

Levin

I don't know. It depends on you.

On me?

Levin

What I mean to say— I came with only one purpose— I want to— will you be my wife? I’m sorry— sorry— wrong moment— but will you?

I can't. I'm sorry.

Levin

Yes. It was impossible.

Ah— potage aux choux a la Russe! [Agafia comes in with the roast fowl.] Agafia!— if you opened up in Moscow, l'Angleterre would go out of business. Do you want news of Moscow?

Levin

Of Babylon? No.

You're right, what do you care? You love the country— you've got it. You love agriculturing, and, Lord knows, you've got it. You love shooting— you’ve got it. You've got everything you want!

Levin

All right, go on, then. Have you stopped stealing bread rolls?

Ballet girl, oriental type. How can I help it?

Levin

So, nothing new to tell me. How is— how are the Shcherbatskys?

You mean Kitty.

Levin

I... Is she engaged now?

No. Vronsky went back to St. Petersburg.

Kitty will be at Ergoshovo visiting Dolly in the summer. You could...

Levin

Oh yes, as if I had time in the summer! And I've got extra land this year at Kashin for the haymaking.

Kashin? That’s on the Ergoshovo road, isn't it? Won't you call when Kitty is there?

Levin

Especially not then. I humiliated myself once.

Damn you, Kostya, you love Kitty and you can't forgive her because, first, you funked it, then you bungled it, then you ran away from an eighteen-year-old girl who was made a fool of by a uniform. It's Kitty I'm sorry for— not you!

Levin

Her heart told her no. Did you come to shoot snipe or criticize me?

Levin

Sensual desire indulged for its own sake is the misuse of something sacred.