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Elizabeth
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“‘Can it be just because your old man got himself stunk? Can it be that you seriously believed he’d start pulling off miracles?’ Rakitin exclaimed, passing again to the most genuine amazement.
‘I believed, I believe, and I want to believe, and I will believe, and what more do you want!’ Alyosha cried irritably.” (341).
I love this exchange.
— Feb 03, 2026 03:43PM
‘I believed, I believe, and I want to believe, and I will believe, and what more do you want!’ Alyosha cried irritably.” (341).
I love this exchange.
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Elizabeth
is on page 364 of 840
Ah Darryl! I just read Alyosha’s vision of heaven. So beautiful! It strikes me that it is Father Zosima’s first post-death miracle. Delicious irony since Alyosha had been so disturbed by the potential that Father Zosima wasn’t a saint. Now there can be no doubt!
— 21 hours, 29 min ago
Elizabeth
is on page 360 of 840
“Well, one should forgive pathetic phrases, one must. Pathetic phrases ease the soul, without them men’s grief would be too heavy” (360).
— 21 hours, 38 min ago
Elizabeth
is on page 338 of 840
The start of page 338 is lovely. Alyosha is dismayed after the Elder’s death, and I love how Dostoevsky defends his passionate faith and how much better it is than if he were reasonable and loved too little.
— Feb 03, 2026 03:34PM
Elizabeth
is on page 319 of 840
“A loving humility is a terrible power, the most powerful of all, nothing compares with it” (319).
— Feb 01, 2026 01:19PM
Elizabeth
is on page 313 of 840
“Meanwhile, in their (the monks) solitude they keep the image of Christ fair and undistorted, in the purity of God’s truth, from the time of the ancient fathers, apostles, and martyrs, and when the need arises the will reveal it to the wavering truth of the world. This is a great thought. This star will shine forth from the East” (313).
— Feb 01, 2026 01:04PM
