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6f2b966 But like a boat with a twisted rudder, I kept coming back to the same place. I wasn't going anywhere. I was myself, waiting on the shore for me to return. Was that so depressing? Who knows? Maybe that was 'despair.' What Turgenev called 'disillusionment.' Or Dostoyevsky, 'hell.' Or Somerset Maugham, 'reality.' Whatever the label, I figured it was me. disillusionment dostoyevsky hell maugham reality self Haruki Murakami
1266b09 I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply? dostoyevsky hemingway writing Ernest Hemingway
2369fff Feeling my own humiliation in my heart like the sharp prick of a needle. dostoyevsky feelings heart helpless humiliation subdued Fyodor Dostoyevsky
f014d32 All is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most... . crime-and-punishment dostoevsky dostoyevski dostoyevsky life life-philosophy life-quotes russian-literature Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9ecf383 But here I should imagine the most terrible part of the whole punishment is, not the bodily pain at all--but the certain knowledge that in an hour, then in ten minutes, then in half a minute, then now--this very instant--your soul must quit your body and that you will no longer be a man--and that this is certain, certain! death-and-dying dostoyevsky guillotine terror Fyodor Dostoyevsky
73a562b "Now life is given in exchange for pain and fear, and that's the basis of the whole deception. Now man is still not what he should be. There will e a new man, happy and proud. Whoever doesn't care whether he lives or doesn't live, he himself will be God. And that other God will no longer be.' death demons dostoyevsky fyodor-dostoyevsky god russia russian russian-lit russian-literature suicide Fyodor Dostoyevsky
41bf031 As aparicoes sao, por assim dizer, pedacos ou fragmentos de outros mundos, o seu principio. E claro que o homem sao nao tem motivo para ve-las, porque o homem sao e o homem mais terreno, e deve viver uma vida terrestre, em harmonia e ordem. Mas quando adoece, ou quando a ordem terrena se altera no organismo, comeca imediatamente a se mostrar a possibilidade de outro mundo, e, quanto mais doente, mais em contato com esse outro mundo ele se encontra, de maneira que, quando morre completamente, o homem vai direto para esse mundo crime-e-castigo dostoiévski dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky
f9d1de2 It was more difficult not to understand than to understand. difficult disgraceful dostoyevsky fyodor nasty quote story understand Fyodor Dostoyevsky
961333c I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine devil dostoyevsky ivan karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky
15bbe66 Yarinin hiclik olmasi tehdidiyle mutlu olamam ve olmayacagim. Derin bir hakaret bu... Bu yuzden, beni aci cekmem ve yok olmam icin, fikrimi sormadan ve kustahca var eden bu dogayi; su goturmez davaci, savci ve davali rolumle, kendimle birlikte mahkum ediyorum... Dogayi yok edemedigim icin de, sadece kendimi yok ediyorum, hicbir suclunun bulunmadigi bir tiranliga katlanmaktan bezmis olarak... dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky
afbc0ee Stradanie i bol' vsegda obiazatel'ny dlia shirokogo soznaniia i glubokogo serdtsa. Istinno velikie liudi, mne kazhetsia, dolzhny oshchushchat' na svete velikuiu grust'. dostoyevsky great-people heart pain suffering suffering-of-humanity Fyodor Dostoyevsky