“…everyone needs a somewhere, a place he can go. There comes a time, you see, inevitably there comes a time you have… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Nothing helps a man to reform like thinking of the past with regret.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But before going to bed, he fell on his knees and prayed a long time. In his fervent prayer he did not… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But gentlemen, what sort of free choice will there be when it comes down to tables and arithmetic, when all that’s left… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Not one people has ever yet organised itself according to the principles of science and reason. Never has there been a single… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It is curious that this man who, even in my childhood, made such an impression upon me, who had such a crucial… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“... I retraced my steps, walked up to her, and in another moment would have certainly said, "Madam!" if I had not… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Pine trees are not like human beings, they go for a long time without altering...” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Just try to let yourself be carried away blindly by your feelings, without reflection, without a primary cause, suppressing consciousness even for… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He saw that the Prisoner had listened carefully all the time, looking gently in his face--But evidently he did not want to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“With the anthill, the respectable race of ants began and with the anthill they will probably end, which does the greatest credit… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I could never stand more than three months of dreaming at a time without feeling an irresistible desire to plunge into society.… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“One's own free unfettered choice, one's own caprice, however wild it may be, one's own fancy worked up at times to frenzy… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Once he went into the mountains on a clear, sunny day, and wandered about for a long time with a tormenting thought… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He kissed the cross greedily; he made haste to kiss, as though in haste not to forget to provide himself with something… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Why are they crying? Why are they crying?" Mitya asks, flying past them at a great clip. "The wee one, the driver… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He was so perplexed that, in spite of everything surrounding him, he stood several times stock still in the middle of the… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I heard exactly the same thing, a long time ago to be sure, from a doctor," the elder remarked. "He was then… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Listen, Parfyon, a few moments ago you asked me a question, and this is my answer: the essence of religious feeling has… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I sometimes have moments of such despair, such despair … Because in those moments I start to think that I will never… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I darted like a minnow through passers-by, in a most ungraceful fashion, constantly giving way to generals. officers of the Horse Guards… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And it all flew away like a dream--even my passion, and yet it really was strong and true, but...where has it gone… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He had often felt anguish before, and it would be no wonder if it came at such a moment, when he was… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I am glad that at such a moment my young man turned out to be not so reasonable; the time will come… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Listen! I know it's not right to talk. Better to set an example, better to just start - I have already started - and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“When all are undressed, one is somehow not ashamed, but when one's the only one undressed and everybody is looking, it's degrading,' he kept… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And what if there are only spiders there, or something of that sort” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I repeat, I repeat with emphasis: all "direct" persons and men of action are active just because they are stupid and limited. How explain… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He is a man of intelligence, but to act sensibly, intelligence is not enough.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“if [God] doesn't exist, man is the chief of the earth, of the universe. Magnificent! Only how is he going to be good without… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“From an encounter in 1862... “Dickens told me,” Dostoyevsky recalled in a letter written years later, “that all the good, simple people in his… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It must be the top drawer," he reflected. "So she carries the keys in a pocket on the right. All in one bunch on… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“- You take evil for good. It's a passing crisis. It's the result of your illness, perhaps. - You do despise me! It's simply… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Clouds overlaid the sky as with a shroud of mist, and everything looked sad, rainy, and threatening under a fine drizzle which was beating… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
