I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
IVAN TURGENEVLove, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?
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In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country’s fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
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All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sorts of difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.
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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.
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Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he’s something innately superior, something eternal–and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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It’s all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.
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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
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I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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