There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
IVAN TURGENEVDeath is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fisherman will snatch it out in his own good time.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.
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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’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don’t have far to go, either.
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Love isn’t actually a feeling at all–it’s an illness, a certain condition of body and soul…. Usually it takes possession of someone without his permission, all of a sudden, against his will–just like cholera or a fever.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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What’s terrible is that there’s nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.
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Everyone needs help from everyone else.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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