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I had never seen such a strange man's face before either.
I wonder if he was talking poetically about himself (as in the man in the photographs are actually him, the narrator). If not, still such a beautiful and eerie preface.
“It’s hard to judge beauty; I’m not ready yet. Beauty is a puzzle.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“If life was returned to me—what an eternity it would be!”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“What business is it of yours, miserable worm, if I feel like mentioning a great sinner like that in my bedtime prayers. Maybe it was because most likely nobody has ever crossed himself for her sake, never even thought of it.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“You’d take me as I am, with nothing?’ ‘Yes, Nastasya Filippovna …”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“I’m the fool with the heart and no brain, you’re the other way round; we’re both miserable and we both suffer.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
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