Ivan Turgenev

“ He began to conjure up a picture of Anna Sergeyevna; then other features gradually eclipsed the lovely image of the young widow.
"I'm sorry about Katya too," Arkady whispered to his pillow, on which a tear had already fallen . . . Suddenly he shook back his hair and said aloud: "What the devil brought that idiotic Sitnikov here?"
Bazarov started to move about in his bed, and then made the following answer: "I see you're still stupid, my boy. Sitnikovs are indispensable to us. For me, don't you understand--I need such blockheads. In fact, it's not for the gods to bake bricks . . ." ”

“ But I've noticed in hospital work, the man who's angry with his illness--he's sure to get over it."
"I don't quite understand you," remarked Arkady, "it seems you have nothing to complain about."
"Well, if you don't quite understand me, I'll tell you this; to my mind it's better to break stones on the road than to let a woman get the mastery of even the end of one's little finger. That's all . . . ," Bazarov was about to utter his favorite word "romanticism," but checked himself and said "rubbish." ”

“ Arkady was the first to go out into the porch; he climbed into Sitnikov's carriage. The butler tucked him in respectfully, but Arkady would gladly have struck him or burst into tears. Bazarov seated himself in the tarantass. When they reached Khokhlovsky, Arkady waited till Fedot, the keeper of the posting station, had harnessed the horses, then going up to the tarantass, he said with his old smile to Bazarov, "Evgeny, take me with you, I want to come to your place." ”

“ You won't believe me now, but I'll tell you; you and I fell into feminine society and very nice we found it; but we throw off that sort of society--it's like taking a dip in cold water on a hot day. A man has no time for these trifles. A man must be untamed, says an old Spanish proverb. ”

“ IN SPITE OF HER MASTERLY SELF-CONTROL AND SUPERIORITY TO every kind of prejudice, Madame Odintsov felt awkward when she entered the dining room for dinner. However, the meal went off quite satisfactorily. ”