--- title: "4 Ivan-karamazov Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 4 Ivan-karamazov quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Ivan-karamazov sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_brothers-karamazov_so-against-the-grain-i-serve-to-produce_159142.png" --- > [“So against the grain I serve to produce events and do what’s irrational because I am commanded to. For all their indisputable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/so-against-the-grain-i-serve-to-produce-events-and-do-what-s/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_brothers-karamazov_so-against-the-grain-i-serve-to-produce_159142.png) > [“Look, suppose that there was one among all those who desire nothing but material and filthy lucre, that one, at least, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/look-suppose-that-there-was-one-among-all-those-who-desire-nothing/) [Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_freedom_look-suppose-that-there-was-one-among-al_820702.jpg) > [“But what about me? I suffer, but still, I don’t live. I am x in an indeterminate equation. I am a sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/but-what-about-me-i-suffer-but-still-i-don-t-live-i-am-x-in-an/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_delirium_but-what-about-me-i-suffer-but-still-i-d_1922615.jpg) > [There is something spiteful and yet open-hearted about you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/there-is-something-spiteful-and-yet-open-hearted-about-you/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_brothers-karamazov_there-is-something-spiteful-and-yet-open_1983882.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ivan-karamazov/#itemlist", "name": "Ivan-karamazov Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So against the grain I serve to produce events and do what’s irrational because I am commanded to. 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