Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin. Diaries 1918-1932 (№ 321049)

Habit. Read "old world landowners" and just now in my old age understand why I wrote this thing: the force of habit of the religious is opposed to the rational beginnings. It's an Eastern thing. Live like the Chinese... it turns Out that passion is not love and love is born strong in the habits. <...> All back to "old-world landowners" - that's amazing, almost a scientific experiment in chemistry: the writer eliminated all the factors of life, left one habit and showed us that true, lasting, true love lasts a habit.