Vivek-quotes

1) “The turmoil of life has left me with a few ideas, but no feelings.” (Irony, Character of Pechorin) 2) “There are times when I can understand the Vampire.” (Irony)  3) “The air is pure, as the kiss of a child, the sun in bright, the sky blue – what more does one want? What need have we here of passions, desires, regrets?” (Character of Pechorin)  4) “If I cause unhappiness to others, I’m no less unhappy myself.” (Irony, Character of Pechorin)  5) “I’ve got an unfortunate character.” (Honesty)  6) “Why did fate toss me into the peaceful midst of these honest smugglers?”(Fate)  7) “My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.” (Irony)  8) “What of it? If I die, I die. It will be no great loss to the world, and I am thoroughly bored with life. I am like a man yawning at a ball; the only reason he does not go home to bed is that his carriage has not arrived yet.” (Charcter of Pechorin, Fate)  9) “ If you like I’m still in love with her. I’m greatful to her for a few moments of relative bliss. I’d give my life for her. But she bores me.” (Character of Pechorin, Betrayal)    10) “I’ve seen through him, and that’s why he dislikes me – though outwardly we are on the best of terms. He is reputed to be very brave, but I’ve seen him in action: he waves his sword and charges forward shouting, eyes half-closed. Not exactly the Russian type of bravery.”  11) “All this time, though, I never once saw a tear in his eye. Perhaps he couldn’t cry, perhaps he controlled himself, I don’t know. As far as I was concerned, I’d never seen something so pathetic in my life.”   12) “Now can you finish your story about Bela. I’m sure that wasn’t the end of it.’ What makes you so sure? Asked the captain, winking and smiling artfully. ‘Why its not the nature of things. An unusual begining must have an unusual end.”  13) “I was born with a passion for contradiction. My whole life has been nothing but a series of dismal, unsuccessful attempts to go against heart or reason.”  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">14) “While Pechorin sat down on the bench, his erect figure bent as though he hadn’t a bone in this back..posture gave the impression of a nervous debility. ” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> 15) "All this time, though, I never once saw a tear in his eye. Perhaps he couldn’t cry, perhaps he controlled himself, I don’t know. As far as I was concerned, I’d never seen something so pathetic in my life.”   <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">16) “I must say a little more about his eyes. In the first place, they never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either a sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.”     <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">17) “My soul’s been corrupted by society. My imagination knows no peace, my heart no satisfaction. Nothing counts for me.I grow used to sorrow as easily as I do to pleasure, and my life gets emptier every day” <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">18) “Perhaps that’s why you loved me, I thought. Moments of happiness one forgets, but sorrow never.”  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">19) “But how well I remember that year ! He led me a dance alright, though I don’t hold it against him- after all, some people have unusual things happen to them” <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">20) “If only people thought more about it, they would see that life is not woth worrying about so much.”