January 2010
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“Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.”
– The Brothers Karamazov
Jan 31st
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Jan 29th
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“I am reading The Karamazovs and am yearning to finish it soon. Dostoevskii is a...”
– Tchaikovsky in a letter to Modest Tchaikovsky, 23 August/4 September 1881. As I already posted in russianliterature, from the great Tchaikovsky Research.
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
– Notes from Underground
Jan 29th
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“To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant progress here....”
– Personal correspondence (1839), as quoted in Dostoevsky: His Life and Work (1971) by Konstantin Mochulski, as translated by Michael A. Minihan, p. 17
Jan 27th
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Readers by Author
Leo Tolstoy Guys I want to date. Fyodor Dostoevsky Guys I want to sleep with. (The difference between the two Russian authors lies in the fact that I think the Underground Man is sexier than Pierre Buzukhov). SO MUCH WIN :’D (full article here)
Jan 26th
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“Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably...”
–  Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot (via theanimalinme) (via tobia) (via rhea137) (via leda-swanson) (via cargohoo) (via beelockwood) (via aboveall-love) (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“Granted I am a babbler, a harmless vexatious babbler, like all of us. But what...”
– Notes from Underground
Jan 23rd
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“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via shepreachespoetry)
Jan 21st
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“Because Dickens and Dostoevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much...”
– Bob Dylan
Jan 19th
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“Even if man were nothing but a piano key, even if this were proved to him by...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes From Underground (via momofsho)
Jan 17th
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“I have a longing for life, and I go on living in spite of logic. Though I may...”
– Ivan Karamazov
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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“Tell me yourself, I challenge you—answer. Imagine that you are creating a fabric...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, ‘Rebellion’ (via inancyi) (via quote-book)
Jan 16th
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“‘You’re not Dostoevsky,’ said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by...”
– Mikhail Bulgakov (via russianliterature)
Jan 15th
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“I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.”
–  Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (via thechocolatebrigade)
Jan 14th
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“I know very well that I don’t write as well as Turgenev; still the...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky on a letter to a friend (1859)
Jan 13th
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“When one’s young, ideas come crowding incredibly into one’s head;...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky on letter to a friend (1856)
Jan 13th
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Further reading
http://fuckyeahrussianliterature.tumblr.com/
Jan 12th
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rhiannonds asked: So here's a hard one. What would you say is your favorite of Mr. D's extensive writings?
Jan 12th
Ask us anything
http://dostoyevsky.tumblr.com/ask
Jan 12th
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“I’ll give you my impressions [about literature], such as they are:...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky on a letter to friend (1856)
Jan 12th
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“There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words. Your...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via rondamarie)
Jan 10th
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“Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only...”
– Notes from the Underground
Jan 10th
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“There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) (via justbesplendid)
Jan 9th
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How to Fake Like You've Read Dostoevsky
cozystumblings: Lauren Leto Faking It Reading books is hard, yo! Fake your favorite author. How To Fake Like You’ve Read Dostoevsky If you’re trying to present yourself as someone who is a brooding intellectual, let’s do a quick review of Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1. Knowing Dostoevsky’s first name is not important. Knowing how to pronounce his name is important. Say it like this: DOS [like the...
Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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“[I’ve] come to two conclusions: that I’m illiterate, I write...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky on a letter to his brother Mikhail (1845); always down to Earth…
Jan 6th
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nathalie: what are you favorite books? do you love bukowski? elliott smith: i don’t care too much for bukowski - i like beckett and dostoevsky and a lot of russian novelists. bukowski is american and seems too much like he’s telling me stuff i already know. (source) I know this is not an exactly Dostoyevsky post but Elliott is a personal favorite, so...
Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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