Notes From the Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The more conscious I was of the good and of all this “beautiful and lofty,” the deeper I kept sinking into my mire, and the more capable I was of getting completely stuck in it.

it is in despair that the most burning pleasures occur, especially when one is all too highly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.

suffering is doubt, it is negation,

consciousness, in my opinion, is man's greatest misfortune, still I know that man loves it and will not exchange it for any satisfactions.

I love truth, sincerity, and honesty,”

man only likes counting his grief, he doesn't count his happiness. But if he were to count properly, he'd see that there's enough of both lots for him.

'I love you very much, and torment you out of love, and you ought to feel it.'