“I am always frightened of something which exists in the majority of people, but which I cannot explain. The young generation of the period of transition were like me. In our mind we despised our slavery, but we ourselves became cowardly slaves. Our hatred was deep and passionate, but barren, like the mad love of a eunuch.””
Quotes by A. I. Kuprin
“There is something of the preacher essential in every Russian intellectual. It is in our blood; it has been instilled by the whole of Russian literature in the last generations””
“It seems that man was right who said that parting to love is like wind to a fire: it blows out a small one, and makes a large one blaze.””
“Surely the obscure soul of the dog must be far more susceptible to the vibrations of thought than the human. … Do they not bark because they feel the presence of a dead man?””
“And who can say whether my thoughts, independent of weight and time and the obstacles of matter, are not at the same moment being caught by mysterious, delicate, but unconscious receivers in the brain of an inhabitant of Mars as well as in the brain of the dog who barks outside?””
A. I. KuprinA. I. Kuprin was a prominent Russian writer known for his vivid storytelling and deep psychological insight. Born in 1870, he initially pursued a career in the military but soon turned to literature, ...