Ivan Turgenev Quotes

“It seemed to me both that I had known her for a long time and that I had known nothing and had not lived before she came.”
― Ivan Turgenev

“Like a beetle tied by the leg, I hovered incessantly around the beloved wing; I believe I would have liked to remain there forever... but that was impossible.”
― Ivan Turgenev, First Love

“That impenetrable darkness exudes iron chill, and over the iron breath a hesitant, dark voice can be heard from the depth of the building; “You who long to step over this threshold, do you know what awaits you?”
― Ivan Turgenev, Порог

“A lesson to you, young man. And the whole thing arises from not knowing how to say good-bye,-to break bonds in time. You now, seem to have jumped out successfully. Look out, don't fall in again. Farewell.”
― Ivan Turgenev, First Love