1,167 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

¿Por qué no decir enseguida lo que siente el corazón cuando se tiene la seguridad de poder ser escuchado? Todos los seres parecen mucho más severos de lo que son en realidad e imaginan que rebajan sus sentimientos expresándolos demasiado pronto

In any case civilisation has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty.

Det var en underbar nat - en nat, som man vist kun ser den, når man er ung.

But the trouble was that the hysterics could not go on for ever, and (I am writing the loathsome truth) lying face downwards on the sofa with my face thrust into my nasty leather pillow, I began by degrees to be aware of a far-away, involuntary but irresistible feeling that it would be awkward now for me to raise my head and look Liza straight in the face. Why was I ashamed? I don't know, but I was ashamed.

Es al separarse cuando se siente y se comprende la fuerza con que se ama.

în dumneata vorbeşte numai adevărulcrud, prin urmare eşti nedrept

What is honour, my dear, when you have nothing to eat?

somehow touching yet repulsive

Does it matter whether it was a dream or a reality, if the dream made known to me the truth?