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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.

Ivan Turgenev

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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Circumstance Force Punishment Road
Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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Man Nature Temple Workshop
Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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Adopt Ideas Myself Opinion
It’s all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.
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Art Romanticism Stupidity
No matter how often you knock at nature’s door, she won’t answer in words you can understand–for Nature is dumb. She’ll vibrate and moan like a violin, but you mustn’t expect a song.
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Answer Expectation Nature Song Spiritual Understand Word Yourself
Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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Man Miracle Prayer Reduce
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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Character Fate Necessary People Responsibility Willing
It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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Average Herself Mediocre Vulgar
We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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Fools Happiness Monster Ourselves Young
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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Angry Failure Far Jealous Road Strength
I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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Myself Oneself Opinion
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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Autocracy Greatness Pain Reason Source Sweet
I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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Actor Flirt Heart Nature
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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Difficult Human Live Moments Open Spoil
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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Death Fear Love Myself Thinking Togetherness
Significance is sweet.
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One Liner Sweet

That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.

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