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.
("Crime and Punishment")
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Yet, I didn't understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and chaste of heart, whose souls have been coarsely and impudently invaded; and who, until the last moment, refuse to yield out of pride and are afraid to express their own feelings to you.Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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She looked much younger than her age, indeed, which is almost always the case with women who retain serenity of spirit, sensitiveness and pure sincere warmth of heart to old age.
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But to fall in love does not mean to love. One can fall in love and still hate.
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Our own humble and meek ones, fasters and keepers of silence, will arise and go forth for a great deed.
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If he's honest, he'll steal; if he's human, he'll murder; if he's faithful, he'll deceive.
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