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Russian Novelist, Writer, Poet October 28, 1818 – September 3, 1883

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Fathers and SonsArkaday watching Katya's face as she accepts his marriage proposal: Anyone who has never seen such tears in the eyes of a beloved one cannot fathom to what extent, all overcome with gratitude and shame, a human being can be happy on earth. Bazarov on his death bed: I am done for. I've fallen under the wheel. And it transpires that there was no point in thinking about the future. It's an old story, is death, but to every man it comes anew. Ivan Turgenev
There was nothing ugly in the small, unprepossessing figure of this emancipated woman, but the expression on her face made a bad impression on the viewer. One felt inclined to ask: "What's the matter? Are you hungry? Bored? Afraid? Why so tense?" Just like Sitnikov, she was always anxious. She spoke and moved in a rather casual, though awkward, manner: she obviously considered herself a good-natured, simple creature; at the same time, no matter what she did, it always seemed that she didn't... Ivan Turgenev
Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel. Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev quote: "However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer..."
However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words. Ivan Turgenev
She tore herself away, and went out. And I went away. I cannot describe the emotion with which I went away. I should not wish it ever to come again; but I should think myself unfortunate had I never experienced such an emotion. Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev quote: "She found it sinful and expensive to have sugar in her tea,..."
She found it sinful and expensive to have sugar in her tea, although she herself never spent a penny on anything. Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev quote: "What's this?' she asked. 'Is it a sphinx?' Yes,' he answered,..."
What's this?' she asked. 'Is it a sphinx?' Yes,' he answered, 'and the sphinx is you. Ivan Turgenev

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