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> [A close, daily intimacy between two people has to be paid for: it requires a great deal of experience of life, logic, and warmth of heart on both sides to enjoy each other’s good qualities without being irritated by each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/a-close-daily-intimacy-between-two-people-has-to-be-paid-for-it/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

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## More by Ivan Goncharov

> [“She never indulged in reveries or tried to be clever in her conversation; she seemed to have drawn a line in her mind beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/she-never-indulged-in-reveries-or-tried-to-be-clever-in-her/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“But in love, merit is won blindly and unaccountably, and in this blindness and unaccountability lies happiness. pp. 445-446”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/but-in-love-merit-is-won-blindly-and-unaccountably-and-in-this/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“What? Do you suppose the intellect can work separately from the heart?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/what-do-you-suppose-the-intellect-can-work-separately-from-the-heart/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“As a young man, he had instinctively husbanded the freshness of his powers. At the time, it was too soon to see that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/as-a-young-man-he-had-instinctively-husbanded-the-freshness-of-his/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“A lover of comfort might shrug after looking at the whole apparent jumble of furniture, old paintings, statues with missing arms and legs, engravings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/a-lover-of-comfort-might-shrug-after-looking-at-the-whole-apparent/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [When you don't know what you're living for, you don't care how you live from one day to the next. You're happy the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/when-you-don-t-know-what-you-re-living-for-you-don-t-care-how-you/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“Memories are either the greatest poetry, when they are memories of a vital happiness, or a burning pain, when they touch dried wounds. p. 479”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/memories-are-either-the-greatest-poetry-when-they-are-memories-of-a/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“All at once he found his mind drawing a parallel between that destiny and his own existence; all at once questions of life arose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/all-at-once-he-found-his-mind-drawing-a-parallel-between-that-destiny/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“Plunged up to the ears in work, good friend!" thought Oblomov as he watched him depart. "Yes, and blind and deaf and dumb to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/plunged-up-to-the-ears-in-work-good-friend-thought-oblomov-as-he/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“When all the forces in your organism come into play, then life will begin to play around you as well. You'll see what your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/when-all-the-forces-in-your-organism-come-into-play-then-life-will/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/it-is-a-trick-among-the-dishonest-to-offer-sacrifices-that-are-not/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“The moments of nature's universal, triumphant silence had come, those minutes when the creative mind works harder, poetic thoughts seethe more ardently, the heart's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/the-moments-of-nature-s-universal-triumphant-silence-had-come-those/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“Life is duty and obligation, therefore love, too, is a duty. It's as if God sent it to me,' she said, looking up at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/life-is-duty-and-obligation-therefore-love-too-is-a-duty-it-s-as-if/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“I began life with a quenching of the light of day, and, from the first moment that I realized myself, realized also that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/i-began-life-with-a-quenching-of-the-light-of-day-and-from-the-first/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

> [“Oblomows liggende houding kwam niet uit noodzaak voort, zoals bij een zieke of bij iemand die slapen wil, het was geen toeval, omdat hij…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-goncharov/oblomows-liggende-houding-kwam-niet-uit-noodzaak-voort-zoals-bij-een/)

[Ivan Goncharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-goncharov/)

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