January 2011
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As is known, however, a man too carried away by passion, especially if he is of...
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky in The Idiot (1868). Translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Everyman’s Library). (via whatdavereads)
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To go on, however — what can a decent man talk about with the greatest pleasure?...
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes From Underground (via awhirlingdervish)
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And will it not be better?” I mused fantastically, afterwards at home, stifling...
– Notes from the Underground, F.Dostoevsky (via imaginaryunit)
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And what is there to wonder at in that, since I had succeeded in so corrupting...
– Notes from the Underground, F.Dostoevsky (via imaginaryunit)
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evil doer; Nothing more difficult than...
– Dostoyevsky
This quote has helped me much as I’ve dealt with my miriad of psych disorders. I was convinced I was a horrible person being punished my an unkind God but I slowly am realizing I’m not bad, I’m just flawed. Probably totally off topic to the qoute but I thought I’d contribute. (via...
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I was dissolute, but I loved goodness. Every moment I was anxious to reform, but...
– Mitya (from The Brothers Karamazov)
He had become so completely absorbed in himself, and isolated from his fellows...
– Crime and Punishment
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The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of...
– Fyodor Dostoevsky in Notes from the Underground (via samreynard)
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‘What is the Mother of God, in your view?’ ‘The great mother,’ I answered, ‘the...
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons (1872) (via monsieurdavison)
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The Brothers Karamazov
riayn:
“The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.” Fyodor.
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‘Ah, children, ah, dear friends, do not be afraid of life! How good life is when...
– Dostoevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov,” pg. 776 (via egallion)
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‘Eloquence aside, gentlemen, people can’t be allowed to go breaking their...
– Dostoevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov,” pg. 752 (via egallion)
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