Jean

“My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of falsehood with it. People have always done so.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

“And I proclaim that Shakespeare and Raphael are higher than the emancipation of the serfs, higher than nationality, higher than socialism, higher than the younger generation, higher than chemistry, higher than almost all mankind, for they are already the fruit, the real fruit of all mankind, and maybe the highest fruit there ever may be! A form of beauty already achieved, without the achievement of which I might not even consent to live...”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

“You can be sincere and still be stupid.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground