Ivan Goncharov Quote

You lost your ability for doing things in childhood…It all began with your inability to put on your socks and ended by your inability to live.


Obolomov (1859) pt. 4, ch. 2 (translated by David Magarshak)


You lost your ability for doing things in childhood…It all began with your inability to put on your socks and ended by your inability to live.

You lost your ability for doing things in childhood…It all began with your inability to put on your socks and ended by your inability to live.

You lost your ability for doing things in childhood…It all began with your inability to put on your socks and ended by your inability to live.

You lost your ability for doing things in childhood…It all began with your inability to put on your socks and ended by your inability to live.