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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Peculiarity is not a vice; on the contrary, it sometimes attracts the feminine character.”
― The Meek One
― The Meek One
“And could you shoot yourself?”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Unhappy people are sensitive to the unhappiness of others.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“and I kept imagining someone like you, kind, honest, good, and as silly as you are, who would suddenly come up and say, 'You're not guilty, Natasya Filippovna, and I adore you!' And I sometimes dreamed so much that I'd go out of my mind... And then this one would come: he'd stay for two months a year, dishonor me, offend me, inflame me, debauch me, leave me - a thousand times I wanted to drown myself in the pond, but I was base, I had no courage”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
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