Ivan Turgenev Quotes

What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?

Ivan Turgenev

• I Hope
• Sentiment
• First Love
• Phantom

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• What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?

  

  Ivan Turgenev
  • I Hope
  • Sentiment
  • First Love