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82470cd Another circumstance, too, worried me in those days: that there was no one like me and I was unlike anyone else. "I am alone and they are everyone," I thought-and pondered." Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5db52c5 n l'fkr lmsTH@ lsry`@ yfhmh lns bsr`@ khrq@, wl sym ljmhwr, lshr`. w'kthr mn dhlk 'nh t`d '`Zm l'fkr w'kthrh `bqry@, wlknh l t`d kdhlk l fy ywm Zhwrh. fm hw rkhyS lthmn l ydwm Twyl n lfhm lsry` dlyl `l~ btdhl lshy ldhy yjb fhmh Fyodor Dostoyevsky
0aca066 Una conciencia demasiado clarividente es (se lo aseguro a ustedes) una enfermedad, una verdadera enfermedad. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
e6d4807 lm y `zyzy 'n jmy` hdhh lnSy'H lty tsthdf nf` lakhryn lyst l tdkhl fy shw'wnhm wDmyrhm Fyodor Dostoyevsky
f02f24c wnm 'n lqyt lmshwshyn: hkdh yjb 'n ysmw. 'ns mn kl nw`, l ystTy` lmr Ht~ 'n yr~ rw'y@ wDH@ mn hm. bynhm kbr wSGr, wbynhm Hmq~ w`lm, wbynhm Ht~ 'frd mn `m@ lsh`b. whm jmy` mshwshwn nhm yqDwn Hythm klh fy lqr@ wlstdll wltfkyr, wqd mtl't nfwshm fttn blktb, wlknhm yZlwn dy'm fy lshk, wl ystT`ywn 'n y`zmw 'mrhm `l~ shy. mnhm mn tb`thrw tb`thr tm f'SbHw l ylHZwn 'nfshm, wmnhm mn jmdw fknw klSkhr`l~ mtl qlwbhm bl'Hlm, wmnhm khff l yHswn wl yktrthw.. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
c033310 A dream is a strange thing. Pictures appear with terrifying clarity, the minutest details engraved like pieces of jewelry, and yet we leap unawares through huge abysses of time and space. Dreams seem to be controlled by wish rather than reason, the heart rather than the head-and yet, what clever, tricky convolutions my reason sometimes makes while I'm asleep! Things quite beyond comprehension happen to reason in dreams! Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ff1ac2f Man loves to construct and lay down roads, no question about it. But why is he so passionately fond of destruction and chaos? [...] Isn't man so passionately fond of destruction and chaos (and there's no disputing that he's sometimes very fond of them, that really is the case) that he himself instinctively fears achieving his goal and completing the building in the course of erection? How do you know - perhaps he only likes the building fro.. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
e7e5c96 The door from the next room suddenly opened with a timid, quiet creak, as if thus announcing the entrance of a very insignificant person... Fyodor Dostoyevsky
93f1003 'n y`ysh lmr bGyr lh fdhlk `dhb. yl`n lbshr m qd ynyr lhm lTryq, Ht~ dwn 'n yfTnw l~ m yf`lwn. 'yn l`ql wlHkm@ fy hdh? n lnsn l ystTy` 'n y`ysh bGyr sjwd. bGyr sjwd l ymkn 'n yHtml lnsn nfsh. m mn 'Hd qdr `l~ hdh. fdh jHd llh sjd lm`bwd mn khshb 'w mn dhhb, 'w sjd lm`bwd Sn`h lh lkhyl nhm jmy` wthnywn l mlHdwn wlkn kyf l ykwn hnk mlHdwn! n b`D lns mlHdwn Hq, whw'l 'b`th `l~ lkhwf wlrhb@ mn lakhryn, l'n sm llh mthl fy 'fwhhm dy'm Fyodor Dostoyevsky
414dd46 Indeed, in that sense we're all rather often almost like mad people, only with the slight difference that the 'sick' are somewhat madder than we are, so that it's necessary to draw a line here. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
f8a9114 whnk fy l'khyr 'shy, ykhsh~ lmr 'n ykshf `nh, Ht~ lnfsh hw bldht Fyodor Dostoyevsky
463c2ba I will tell you another thing that would be better, and that is, if I myself believe even an iota of what I have just written. I swear to you, gentlemen, that I do not really believe one thing, not even one word, of what I have just written. That is, I believe it, perhaps, but at the same time, I feel suspect that I am lying myself blue in the face. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
cd0058f Tragic phrases comfort the heart... Without them, sorrow would be too heavy for men to bear. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
639196f There is a remarkable picture called 'Contemplation.' It shows a forest in winter and on a roadway through the forest, in absolute solitude, stands a peasant in a torn kaftan and bark shoes. he stands, as it were, lost in thought. Yet he is not thinking: he is "contemplating." If anyone touched him he would start and look bewildered. It's true he would come to himself immediately; but if he were asked what he had been thinking about, he wou.. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3e68052 wlkny 'krr llmr@ lmy'@ 'n hnlk Hl@ wHd@, wHd@ fqT, yrGb fyh lnsn rGb@ mdrk@ `md@ fym yDrh, wfym hw lHmq@ b`ynh - l'nh, bbsT@, yryd 'n ymtlk lHq fy 'n yrGb lnfsh Ht~ Hyn ykwn mn lHmq@ jdan 'n yrGb fym hw m`qwl fy Hyn 'n dhlk Gyr mfrwD `lyh. القدر Fyodor Dostoyevsky
827095a What is to be done with millions of facts that bear witness that men, CONSCIOUSLY, that is fully understanding their real interests, have left them in the background and have rushed headlong on another path, to meet peril and danger, compelled to this course by nobody and nothing, but, as it were, simply disliking the beaten track, and have obstinately, willfully, struck out another difficult absurd way, seeking it almost in the darkness. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
091bf2a Man is fond of reckoning up his troubles, but does not count his joys. happiness joy Fyodor Dostoyevsky
02ce276 most men love to see their best friend in abasement; for generally it is on such abasement that friendship is founded. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3855c26 wl 'zl 'lqy `l~ nfsy sw'l hw fy hdhh lmr@ sw'l jnwn mTbq: h hm 'wl jmy` yrkDwn wysr`wn fmn ydry? 'l ymkn 'l ykwn hdh klh l Hlm. 'l ymkn 'l ykwn h hn nsn wHd Hqyqy, wf`l wHd wq`y, fykfy 'n ystyqZ shkhS fj'@, `n lshkhS ldhy yr~ hdh lHlm, Ht~ ytbdd kl shy? Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5b63234 man is a frivolous and incongruous creature, and perhaps, like a chess player, loves the process of the game, not the end of it. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9e306e8 Whether it's good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9421b0c nh lyHdth fy lHy@ l`dy@ 'n twjd lHqyq@ fy lwsT Hyn ykwn hnk `nSrn mtnqDn.. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
cf2ddda It is curious that this man who, even in my childhood, made such an impression upon me, who had such a crucial influence on the whole bent of my mind, and who perhaps has even cast his shadow over the whole of my future, still remains, even now, a complete enigma to me in many respects. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
a47518f And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5fbea14 The Devil] And me? I suffer, and still I do not live. I am an in an indeterminate equation. I am some sort of ghost of life who has lost all ends and beginnings, and I've finally even forgotten what to call myself...You're eternally angry, you want reason only, but I will repeat to you once more that I would give all of that life beyond the stars, all ranks and honors, only to be incarnated in the soul of a two-hundred-and-fifty-pound mer.. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
e88d78a I've already warned you that the simplest ideas are the hardest to understand; I'll now add that they are also the hardest to explain. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
f12e01a If I had had the power to prevent my own birth I should certainly never have consented to accept existence under such ridiculous conditions. However, I have the power to end my existence, although I do but give back days that are already numbered. It is an insignificant gift, and my revolt is equally insignificant. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ae4fe7e the greater the power, the more terrible its responsibility. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ce9c8a4 They say that people standing on a height have an impulse to throw themselves down. I imagine that many suicides and murders have been committed simply because the revolver has been in the hand. It is like a precipice, with an incline of an angle of forty-five degrees, down which you cannot help sliding, and something impels you irresistibly to pull the trigger. But the knowledge that I had seen, that I knew it all, and was waiting for deat.. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
4c601df A dead man has no age Fyodor Dostoyevsky
58f0a3d The duchess turned on Eugene with one of those insolent stares that envelop a man from head to foot, flatten him out, and leave him at zero. humor Honoré de Balzac
0d0f4e6 Notre coeur est un tresor, videz-le d'un coup, vous etes ruines. vie Honoré de Balzac
51638eb sazogadoebrivi azri? - es xom qovel mez'av k`alze up`ro garqvnili arsebaa. Honoré de Balzac
d9aaf8d Helas! Nous ne manquons jamais d'argent pour nos caprices, nous ne discutons que le prix des choses utiles ou necessaires; nous jetons l'or avec insouciance a des danseuses, et nous marchandons un ouvrier dont la famille affamee attend la paiement d'un memoire. Combien de gens ont un habit de cent francs, un diamant a la pomme de leur canne, et dinent a vingt-cinque sous? Il semble que nous n'achetions jamais assez cherementles plaisirs de .. Honoré de Balzac
411e3d1 A valley full of genuine suffering, and of joys that often turn out to be false, and so incredibly tumultuous that it takes something God only knows how outrageous to cause a lasting stir. But here and there some immense heaping up of vices and virtues turns mere sorrow grand and solemn, and their very sight makes even selfishness and personal advantage stop and feel pity - though that notion of pity is much like some tasty fruit that gets .. Honoré de Balzac
dd9c820 Some sentiment other than love united these two beings, and inspired with mutual anxiety their movements and their thoughts. Misery is, perhaps, the most powerful of all ties. Honoré de Balzac
f6cb304 For avarice begins where poverty ends. greed poverty Honoré de Balzac
7459679 Dans la vie morale, aussi bien que dans la vie physique, il existe une aspiration et une respiration; l'ame a besoin d'absorber les sentiments d'une autre ame, de se les assimiler pour les lui restituer plus riches. Sans ce beau phenomene humain, point de vie au coeur; l'air lui manque alors, il souffre et deperit. Honoré de Balzac
7b0bc4f One enemy at the time. borgias cesare-borgia Sarah Dunant
67d8f59 Ever since I made the decision to drop a few pounds--way less easy than it sounds, by the way--I've become obsessed with my size, and in so doing I've inadvertently allowed my inner critic to have a voice. And you know what? She's a bitch. Like now when I see my underpants in the laundry, I no longer think Soft! Cotton! Sensible! Instead I hear her say Damn, girl, these panties be huge." "Your inner critic has terrible grammar." "I know, it.. Jen Lancaster
a4334bf Predicting the stock market is really predicting how other investors will change estimates they are now making with all their best efforts. This means that, for a market forecaster to be right, the consensus of all others must be wrong and the forecaster must determine in which direction-up or down-the market will be moved by changes in the consensus of those same active investors. Burton G. Malkiel
4b0e6bf It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first of all not about being respected but about being worthy of respect. reputation respect shame Kwame Anthony Appiah
0c4c834 But, really, are there any guys out there who aren't jerks? I don't even know any grown-up men who aren't jerks. dating growing-up jerks juveline Margaret Peterson Haddix
bd38666 But things are so bad, I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do something. emotions feelings problems sad youth Margaret Peterson Haddix