“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“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
“When reason fails, the devil helps!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
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