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In my underground dreams as well, I never pictured love to myself otherwise than as a struggle; for me it always started from hatred and ended with moral subjugation, and afterwards I couldn't even picture to myself what to do with the subjugated object.
— 11 hours, 59 min ago
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Jess
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Love—is God's mystery, and it should be hidden from all other eyes, whatever happens.
— 13 hours, 25 min ago
Jess
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I hated them terribly, though I was perhaps worse than they were.
— Jan 27, 2026 11:57AM
Jess
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A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of hatred.
— Jan 27, 2026 09:35AM
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To be sure, gentlemen, my jokes are in bad tone—uneven, confused, self-mistrustful. But that is simply because I don’t respect myself. How can a man of consciousness have the slightest respect for himself?
— Jan 26, 2026 08:25AM
