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“I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness- a real thorough-going illness.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“What is behind me still remains ahead of me.”
― Satantango
― Satantango
“...for the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures.”
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
― Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
“The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail.”
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
“Everything should take place slowly and incorrectly so that man doesn't get a chance to start feeling proud, so that man is sad and perplexed.”
― Moscow to the End of the Line
― Moscow to the End of the Line
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