War & Peace (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.4 (2016)

James Norton: Andrei Bolkonsky

Quotes 

• Andrei Bolkonsky : You seem to have the gift of happiness.

  Natasha Rostova : Well... Well, don't we all have it, somewhere within us?

• Pierre Bezukhov : But what about yourself? You have so much to give. Marry again. Why not?

  Andrei Bolkonsky : And make some other poor girl unhappy? I'm surprised to hear you recommend marriage, Pierre. We neither of us distinguished ourselves there, did we?

• Pierre Bezukhov : Look, I must say this to you. We've had all these conversations and you've been talking as if your life is over, but you're a young man still. You know, so many good things can happen to you. Since I became a mason and started to live a good life, I feel capable of anything. We must live. You know, we must love. And we must believe that... there's more to it all than our lives on this scrap of earth. There's something else out there, it is true, Andrei. You must believe it.

  Andrei Bolkonsky : Yes, if only it were so.

• Pierre Bezukhov : One thing I thank God for is that I didn't kill that man.

  Andrei Bolkonsky : Why so? If a dog is vicious, he's better off dead.

  Pierre Bezukhov : Oh, but to take a man's life, that must always be wrong.

  Andrei Bolkonsky : Why must it always be wrong? For you, perhaps. For me, there are only two evils. Sickness and remorse.

• Andrei Bolkonsky : I've been staring in, into the abyss, Pierre. So, now, my sole aim is to live for myself. To do as little harm as possible, and to have as little to do with other people as I can.

  Pierre Bezukhov : No, I can't agree. That wouldn't be enough. I used to live for myself and I ruined my life. Now I try to think of others. Actively try to help them, and I'm much happier for it. Anyway, you don't live just for yourself. What about your sister, your father, your little son?

  Andrei Bolkonsky : They are a part of myself.