Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
IVAN TURGENEVIllness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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I’m incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn’t want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I’d never experienced it.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
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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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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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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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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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Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But there’ll come a time when you’ll start asking just for a crust.
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I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.
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So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me – a long, long road without a goal.
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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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Take what you can yourself, and don’t let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.
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