“The moments of nature's universal, triumphant silence had come, those minutes when the creative mind works harder, poetic thoughts seethe more ardently, the heart's passion blazes more brightly and its longing aches more painfully, the grain of criminal thought ripens in a cruel soul more imperturbably and powerfully.”
Russian realist novelist, born on June 18, 1812, and died on September 27, 1891. Ivan Goncharov is renowned for his delicate psychological portraits and profound insights into the life of Russian society. more
“I long to embrace, to include in my own short life, all that is accessible to man.”
“I hated the gnawing longing that accompanied having everything.”
“Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.”
“Auttakaa! Yö on pitkä, koti on kaukana, kumppani etäällä.”
“In the distance,far over there, only the eyes can travel when the body is weary.”