― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
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my psychiatrist just diagnosed me with 19th century russian literature character
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" It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. "
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
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manga where a teenage girl is isekaied into a dostoevsky novel as the grizzled 20+ year old male protagonist but she isn't phased whatsoever because her special interest was 19th century russian literature
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People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Arguably one of the funniest ways to begin a novel
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Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, translated by Babette Deutsch, from “Creation,”
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― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit
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raskolnikov from crime and punishment considering killing himself but then seeing some girl try to kill herself by jumping off a bridge but she survives. and then he’s like omfg that’s so awkward and embarrassing nevermind
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