It is a painting that exposes in oils what Chekhov so often did in print: sunlight mocking a dark isolation of the moment. A moment fixed in a brave, failing light.
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ALEXANDRA DADDARIO Popular kids don't necessarily know who they are because they're so busy trying to conform. ... ALEXANDRA ROBBINS Gen Y is depicted as self-centred and apathetic when it comes to politics, but it doesn't help t... ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO When I have no appointments, I spend the day in pajamas and go to the dog park in pajamas. I'm v... ALEXANDRA DADDARIO Here is just the beginning of a list of skills that exam results cannot possibly hope to reflect: in... ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind - because if you can't trust your famil... ALEXANDRA BRACKEN I loved doing Baywatch. It was so much fun! ALEXANDRA PAUL I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we coo... ALEXANDRA GUARNASCHELLI When you leave a beautiful place, you carry it with you wherever you go. ALEXANDRA STODDARD You betcha. If I get to punch a manic, lanky jerk in the face, my night will be complete.” I gave ... ALEXANDRA MARTIN But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you ... ALEXANDRA BRACKEN I thought you were gone forever, I thought you’d walked away from everything, because I failed, be... ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO When we are able to look beyond appearances and to behold that which we truly are, we recognize that... ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS Yes, as an oppressed people, American Indians have this epic burden, but first and foremost, they... ALEXANDRA FULLER I have a girl crush on Rachel Bilson. She's so cute, I just want to put her in my pocket. I love... ALEXANDRA CHANDO I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ra... ALEXANDRA PETRI I pity you Juliet. You don't know what love is. You think it's Valentine's Day, and weekends in Ital... ALEXANDRA POTTER Words have great cumulative power, but in the 21st century, a single image is much stronger. An imag... ALEXANDRA KERRY It is unacceptable that the system we rely on to develop children into well-adjusted, learned, cultu... ALEXANDRA ROBBINS J. K. Rowling has said that she was bullied in school. She was a daydreamer and had her nose in book... ALEXANDRA ROBBINS One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So m... ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO Once it arrives, erotic sex cannot be chased or grasped at, for it shows itself when you’re not lo... ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS Spiritualizing sex is actually a movement of energy—feeling and emotion—that rises within you an... ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS Everyone praises Harvard 'for the students.' But what makes Harvard's students so great ... ALEXANDRA PETRI Thanks to postmodernism, we tend to see all facts as meaningless trivia, no one more vital than any ... ALEXANDRA PETRI I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information. ALEXANDRA GUARNASCHELLI MS Paint was my creative outlet for many years. ALEXANDRA PETRI My heart is strong, I will not fail, I won't be wronged, I will prevail. ALEXANDRA LANC The difference between face-to-face conversation and any other medium of communication is simple: No... ALEXANDRA PETRI It's probably cliche to say this, but in my experience, people are far more alike than they are ... ALEXANDRA FULLER You're not going to be dreary on the inside if you're not dreary on the outside. ALEXANDRA STODDARD The home is the center of your soul; it's a total reflection of your inner life. If you have a d... ALEXANDRA STODDARD A woman's body never really belongs to herself. As an infant, my body was my mother's, a det... ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan ... ALEXANDRA PETRI Being a decorator allowed me to see what about people's environments made them happy. And what t... ALEXANDRA STODDARD Take a trip to the exotic landscape of your lover’s body. ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s. ALEXANDRA GUARNASCHELLI