“To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“It was from feeling oneself that one had reached the last barrier, that it was horrible, but that it could not be otherwise; that there was no escape for you; that you never could become a different man; that even if time and faith were still left you to change into something different you would most likely not wish to change; or if you did wish to, even then you would do nothing; because perhaps in reality there was nothing for you to change into.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders men!”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.”
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“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
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