剛在看戰爭與和平，皮埃爾對娜塔莎就是真愛。他在娜塔莎試圖與人私奔未果，前程盡毀痛不欲生的時刻，以自己的已婚身份，

做了世界上最讓人感動的表白：

"If I were not what I am, but the handsomest, cleverest, and best man in the world, and were free, I would beg for your hand and love on my knees."

然後他出門，馬車在清冽的夜幕中急行駛，他抬頭望見哈雷彗星，這對別人來說不祥的預兆，對皮埃爾來說卻預示著心靈的解放：

It seemed to Pierre that this falling star was a symbol of what was passing in his own softened and uplifted soul.