"And death, as the sole means of reviving love for herself in his heart, of punishing him, and of gaining the victory in that contest which an evil spirit in her heart was waging against him, presented itself clearly and vividly to her."

Anna Karenina, Lev Tolstoy

Succesul ecranizării din 1935 a romanului lui Tolstoi a făcut din Greta Garbo imaginea Annei Karenina, cunoscută în toată lumea.