Adam

“You keep laughing, and very inappropriately, if I may say so. You don't understand anything! There are no such roles in a commune. Communes are set up precisely so that there will be no such roles. In a commune, the present essence of this role will be entirely changed, and what is stupid here will become intelligent there, what is unnatural here, under the present circumstances, will there become perfectly natural. Everything depends on what circumstances and what environment man lives in. Environment is everything, and man himself is nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Man in general finds it extremely pleasant to be insulted—have you noticed? But it's especially so with women. One might even say it's their only provender.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“The question was being debated recently, whether a member of a commune has the right to enter another member's room, either a man's or a woman's, at any time … well, and it was decided that he does…"

"Well, and what if he or she is occupied at the moment with vital necessities, heh, heh!”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment