# Quote — Ivan Turgenev, On the Eve

> I sought happiness, and I shall find—perhaps death. It seemsit was to be thus: it seems it was a sin ... But death covers all and reconciles all; does it not?

- Author: [Ivan Turgenev](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev.md)
- Book: [On the Eve](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev/on-the-eve.md)
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