Vim

“But you will admit that jealousy is an unpardonable passion, and what is more, it is a positive misfortune.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Another Man's Wife & A Husband Under the Bed (A Humorous Love Triangle): Enriched edition. A Witty Satire of Marriage, Jealousy, and Farcical Misunderstandings

“I was aiming at moral elevation... I wanted it to be felt... I appeal to all: am I greatly lowered in your eyes or not?”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, An Unpleasant Predicament

“Sometimes it was as if I had inflamed myself and really brought my heart and mind to the point that I would feel that I had been wronged by her.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, A Gentle Creature

“How many times, for instance, I'd take offense out of the blue, for no good reason, deliberately; I know well that there was nothing to be offended at, that I was playacting, but in the end I'd bring myself to such a state that the offense would become real.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground