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“And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor—
And this, and so much more?—
It is impossible to say just what I mean!
But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen:
Would it have been worth while
If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl,
And turning toward the window, should say:
“That is not it at all,
That is not what I meant, at all.”
― T.S. Eliot

“что лучше — дешевое ли счастие или возвышенные страдания? Ну-ка,”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Записки из подполья

“And indeed there will be time
To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”
Time to turn back and descend the stair,”
― T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems

“Да и тебе советую об этом никогда не думать, друг Алеша, а пуще всего насчет Бога: есть ли он или нет? Всё это вопросы совершенно несвойственные уму, созданному с понятием лишь о трех измерениях. Итак,”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Братья Карамазовы