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...comment about asking a man who's lived through that. And he himself has. That is exactly what he went through before being sent to Siberia, and I'm certain that means there will be a lot of personal exploration (specifically religiously I've heard) that will be seen here, very excited

I'm barely into this book at all (which I was supposed to finish in September oops) but I already feel like Dostoevsky is revealing a part of his psyche to us, and hinting that this book may be deeply personal in a lot of ways. The prince goes on a tangent while talking to the valet where he discusses to morality of the death penalty and the emotional wreckage that a certain death has on a man. He even makes some...

“This gentleman felt it incumbent upon him to amaze everyone by his originality and liveliness, but never succeeded in doing so. Some people he impressed unfavorably, which was a real mortification to him. Yet he did not relinquish his efforts.”

Meeeeeee

“You are exceedingly beautiful, Aglaia Ivanova. You are so beautiful that one is afraid to look at you.”