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.
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.
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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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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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Sternly, remorselessly, fate guides each of us; only at the beginning, when we’re absorbed in details, in all sorts of nonsense, in ourselves, are we unaware of its harsh hand.
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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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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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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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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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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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 believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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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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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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What’s important is that twice two is four and all the rest’s nonsense.
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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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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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