1,167 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You see gentlemen, there are ideas . . . that is, you see, when some ideas are said out loud, put into words, they come out terribly stupid. They come out so that you're ashamed of yourself. But why? For no reason at all. Because we're all good-for-nothings and can't bear the truth, or I don't know why else.

What’s most revolting is that one is really sad! No, it’s better at home. Here at least one blames others for everything and excuses oneself.

Принципы!.. и весь-то ты на принципах, как на пружинах; повернуться по своей воле не смеет

Life [had] replaced logic.

Love had raised them from the dead, and the heart of each held endless springs of life for the heart of the other.

They wanted to talk, but could not. Tears were in their eyes. They were pale and thin; but in these sick, pale faces there already shone the dawn of a renewed future, of full resurrection into new life. Love had resurrected them, and the heart of each contained inexhaustible springs of life for the heart of the other.

Por que ele... Não será você? Por que não é como você? Ele vale menos, e, entretanto, gosto mais dele do que de você.

Can you blame me, my dear, for looking on this attachment as a romantic folly inspired by that cursed Shakespeare who will poke his nose where he is not wanted?

You are really angry with me for not having appeared to you in a red glow, with thunder and lightning, with scorched wings