The vague, crepuscular time; the time of regrets that resemble hopes, of hopes that… — Ivan Turgenev
The vague, crepuscular time; the time of regrets that resemble hopes, of hopes that resemble regrets, when youth has passed, but old age has not yet arrived.
In the original Russian
то смутное, сумеречное время, время сожалений, похожих на надежды, надежд, похожих на сожаления, когда молодость прошла, а старость еще не настала.
Fathers and Sons · 1862
★ 6.1Provenance
Current citation
Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons, translated by Richard Freeborn. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
Turgenev, Ivan. "Отцы и дети [Fathers and Sons]." The Russian Messenger, 1862.