There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.
("Crime and Punishment")
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It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ah, Misha, he has a stormy spirit. His mind is in bondage. He is haunted by a great, unsolved doubt. He is one of those who don't want millions, but an answer to their questions.
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I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease.
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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.
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There is a great and unresolved thought in him. He's one of those who don't need millions, but need to resolve their thought.
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And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn.
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