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

Quote by Ivan Turgenev

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Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is...

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is...

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves...

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves...

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or...

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or...

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

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

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

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

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish...

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish...

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a...

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a...

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone...

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone...

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes...

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes...

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as...

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as...

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one...

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one...

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is...

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is...

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

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

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

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

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

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for...

My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for...

If only women paid as much attention to their breast as men do.

If only women paid as much attention to their breast as men do.