Ivan Turgenev Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.”

“Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em.”

“In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.”

“However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.”

“Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?”

“Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.”

“A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.”

“One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.”

“In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!”