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“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“And the more I drink the more I feel it. That's why I drink too. I try to find sympathy and feeling in drink.... I drink so that I may suffer twice as much!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“in despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.”
― Notes from the Underground
― Notes from the Underground
“It is clear to me now that, owing to my unbounded vanity and to the high standard I set for myself, I often looked at myself with furious discontent, which verged on loathing, and so I inwardly attributed the same feeling to everyone.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
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