Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenevwas a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, was a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sonsis regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 November 1818
CountryRussian Federation
first-love firsts cases
In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
stars mud
We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.
encounters individual old-jokes
Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
heart men good-man
I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.
motivational business inspiration
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
body tables should
What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.