July 2010
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“Life is in ourselves and not in the external. To be a human being among human...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky in a letter to his brother dated December 22, 1849.
(The Brothers Karamazov, translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky, xii)
(via rmgilbert)
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“Thus, drawn to other thoughts, he [Alyosha] became distracted and decided not to...”
– The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via tracesoftraces)
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“I have never in my life met a man like him for noble simplicity, and boundless...”
– The Idiot
Recommend Dostoyevsky for Tumblr Tuesday →
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“But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that along with...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via asailorwenttosea)
“There are, my dear Nastenka, in case you don’t know, some rather strange corners...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights
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“I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via lacreativite)
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“And always so, all our lives hand in hand! Hurrah for Karamazov!” Kolya...”
– The Brothers Karamazov final lines
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“They were renewed by love; the heart of each held infinite sources of life for...”
– Dostoyevsky
Russian Literature for portuguese speakers →
My dear english followers, I’m so sorry, but this one is only for portuguese speakers people, who always needed a source for russian literature news and reviews. I’ve been doing this for 3 months, but just now I felt that was the time to post it here.
You guys can always follow the blog on twitter and like it on facebook.
BTW, if you have something to post there or wants to help with your own...
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“Why do we have a mind if not to get our way?”
– Fyodor Dostoyevski (via theminchen)
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“They call me a psychologist, that is not true. I’m only a realist in the higher...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via bloomingfloweret)
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“I kept obstinately silent. I was, of course, the chief sufferer, for I fully...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via teenagevictory)
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“Even there, in the mines, underground, I may find a human heart in another...”
– Notes from the Underground
Recommend Dostoyevsky for Tumblr Tuesday →
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“Let it be known to you, fool, that we here are unbelievers only out of...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (trans. R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky), 2004, Vintage, 131 (via tracesoftraces)
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“It was evident that he revived by fits and starts. He would suddenly come to...”
– The Idiot
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“Don’t blame me, for I have not changed to you in the least. I told you that I...”
– Nastenka, White Nights
“Old liars who have been play-acting all their lives have moments when they get...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (trans. R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky), 2004, Vintage, 73
SUBMIT! →
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“I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground (via greenwriter)
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“In Siberia, he came to understand that the peasants and urban poor of Russia...”
– David Foster Wallace — Joseph Frank’s Dostoevsky (via firstandellen)
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“On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret...”
– Crime and Punishment first lines
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“Dostoyevskiy described one of his mad characters as living and taking vengeance...”
– Tolstoy as told by Gorky in Reminiscences of Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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“We shall soon part… And even if we are occupied with most important things, if...”
– The Brothers Karamazov (via drivingroute66)
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“The main thing is that you stop telling lies to yourself. The one who lies to...”
– Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via commedesgarconnes) 