Notes from the Underground / The Gambler Quotes

“Whatever distinguishes one lump of flesh from another when we're alive, we're all the same once we're dead. Just used-up shells.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground / The Gambler

“we have grown so out of the habit of even living that we sometimes feel sort of loathing for "living life", and therefore we cannot bear to be reminded of it. You see, we have reached the point where we look upon real "living life" almost as a burden, almost as servitude, and we are all agreed amongst ourselves that it is much better to live life according to books.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground / The Gambler

“An intelligent man cannot possibly become anything in particular and that only a fool succeeds in becoming anything.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground / The Gambler