Philosophical Fiction


The Stranger
Crime and Punishment
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Siddhartha
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Metamorphosis
The Brothers Karamazov
Nausea
Notes from Underground
The Alchemist
The Trial
The Plague
Sophie’s World
1984
The Fall
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Oh it cannot be denied that in the monastery he believed completely in miracles, but in my experience miracles never bother a realist. It is not miracles that incline a realist towards faith. The true realist, if he is not a believer, will invariably find within himself the strength and the ability not to believe in miracles either, and if a miracle stands before him as a incontrovertible fact, he will sooner disbelieve his senses than admit that fact. And even if he does admit it, it will be as ...more
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Rebecca Schaeffer
Kovit's smile was deeply amused. "You're living in a fantasy world. I eat pain, and that scares people." "Sure it does. But lots of people are scary-- terrorists, fascists, racists. That doesn't mean they're not human, much as some people might wish." Fabricio's eyes met Kovit's. "You're a sentient, thinking being. You choose who you hurt, and if you hurt someone." Fabricio made a frustrated noise. "You're not a fucking avalanche mowing down everything in its path. ...more
Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise

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