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message 1: by Sam (new)

Sam | 1 comments This quote is not a Dostoevsky quote and should be removed:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...


message 2: by Carol, She's so Novel ꧁꧂ (last edited May 11, 2026 12:44PM) (new)

Carol, She's so Novel ꧁꧂  | 3203 comments Sam wrote: "This quote is not a Dostoevsky quote and should be removed:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238..."


Hi Sam
I've never read Dostoevsky, but I have tried to investigate this one.
I have found in a few places people saying that this isn't a Dostoevsky quote & one person saying it is actually from Master and Margherita by Michail Bulgakov - which I also haven't read. Someone else said it is from Tik tok!

I have tried to tag it as attributed no source, but this website is really playing up for me & I don't know if it has taken.

Edit: no it hasn't worked. I'll try again later.


message 3: by Carol, She's so Novel ꧁꧂ (last edited May 11, 2026 02:23PM) (new)

Carol, She's so Novel ꧁꧂  | 3203 comments Other librarians: I thought I may not be able to edit the tags because the name was just the surname & not the usual spelling of Dostoevsky in English. I was able to change that but still couldn't add the attributed no source tag. I then successfully removed the punishment tag, but still can't add other tags.

Any suggestions? (other than outright deleting)

Edit: If another librarian can add the attributed no source tag, feel free!


message 4: by Dobby (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 8658 comments It worked for me just now. I had trouble loading Goodreads pages earlier today; I wonder if there was a glitch causing problems.


message 5: by Carol, She's so Novel ꧁꧂ (last edited May 11, 2026 07:47PM) (new)

Carol, She's so Novel ꧁꧂  | 3203 comments Dobby wrote: "It worked for me just now. I had trouble loading Goodreads pages earlier today; I wonder if there was a glitch causing problems."

Thanks so much!
I was experiencing glitches too. After this I gave up & worked from my to-do list for a while


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