“Their favourite phrase! From which it follows that, if society is normally organised, all crime will cease at once, since there will… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just,… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
“Moreover, in the system of criminal punishment in the libertarian world, the emphasis would never be, as it is now, on "society's"… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
I just can't imagine my life without Dostoevsky and The Brothers Karamazov. I can spin off of that and talk about Crime… — Gordon T. Smith Copy Share Image
“In fact, whenever I read something as complicated as Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and think about his having written it in longhand,… — Thomas B. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Any show that has 'party non-invite' as its central conflict drums up the operatic high drama of a good Russian novel. It's… — Carole Radziwill Copy Share Image
Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Do you realize that all great literature — "Moby Dick," "Huckleberry Finn," "A Farewell to Arms," "The Scarlet Letter," "The Red Badge… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go 15 rounds… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image