Quote by: Ivan Turgenev

A withered maple leaf has left its branch and is falling to the ground; its movements resemble those of a butterfly in flight. Isn't it strange? The saddest and deadest of things is yet so like the gayest and most vital of creatures?


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Author Bio


  • NameIvan Turgenev
  • DescriptionRussian writer
  • BornNovember 9, 1818
  • DiedSeptember 3, 1883
  • CountryRussian Empire
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Playwright; Novelist
  • WorksA Sportsman's Sketches; Fathers And Sons; A Month In The Country; Mumu