“I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.”
― Bluets
― Bluets
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.”
― How to Love
― How to Love
“If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
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