Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
IVAN TURGENEVI was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of 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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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late. It can give no pleasure, yet it deprives you of that most precious of rights – the right to swear and curse at your fate!
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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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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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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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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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