Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
IVAN TURGENEVA poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don’t notice whether it’s passing quickly or slowly.
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That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.
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I was afraid of looking into my heart…afraid of thinking seriously about anything…I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to admit to myself that I was not loved.
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I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.
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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
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Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this – Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
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People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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So long as one’s just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.
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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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