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Karsten van den Hoven

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Oorlog en vrede

by Leo Tolstoy

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"dit boek zal helaas voor altijd op mijn currently reading lijst staan" — Apr 02, 2026 01:16PM

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THE PENAL COLONY : Stories and Short Pieces

by Franz Kafka

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"ik ben even niet toe aan kafka de zielepiet dus ik leg deze eventjes weg" — Mar 29, 2026 11:42AM

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Notes from Underground & Other Stories

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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"a little hero ik snap het niet helemaal maar dat ligt miss aan m’n concentratie en het feit dat ik niet in het verhaal kom door korte stukken te lezen 2/5" — Nov 11, 2025 04:23AM

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Karsten’s Quotes

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

tags: hell, individualism, irony, selfishness, tea

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“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

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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: lies, love, respect, self-deception, truth

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“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: hell, love, suffering

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“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

tags: independent-thought, self-determination, self-expression

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