All Ivan Turgenev Quotes
- He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect. Aversion
- It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. Funny
- Behind me there are already so many memories (...) Lots of memories, but no point in remembering them, and ahead of me a long, long… Ahead
- I don't see why it's impossible to express everything that's on one's mind. Express
- Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But there'll come a time when you'll start asking just for… All
- So long as one's just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as… Dream
- Looking about me, listening and recalling what the day had been like, I suddenly felt a secret unease in my heart and raised my eyes… Been
- 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… Considered
- 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… Admit
- Only one thing bothered me: at this very moment, as they say, of inexplicable bliss there would be a sinking feeling at the pit of… Abdomen
- I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life. Green
- Whereas I think: I’m lying here in a haystack... The tiny space I occupy is so infinitesimal in comparison with the rest of space, which… Atom
- We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves. Conquer
- Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender,… Been
- It's all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art. All
- A withered maple leaf has left its branch and is falling to the ground; its movements resemble those of a butterfly in flight. Isn't it… Branch
- So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me — a long, long road without a goal... Front
- What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table. Body
- a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it Angry
- To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. Desire
- Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes… Bird
- Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em. Live