Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes, Mother Quotes, Fear Quotes

...to return to their 'native soil,' as they say, to the bosom, so to speak, of their mother earth, like frightened children, yearning to fall asleep on the withered bosom of their decrepit mother, and to sleep there for ever, only to escape the horrors that terrify them.

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if she had ordered me to throw myself down then, I would have done it! If she had said it only as a joke, said it with contempt, spitting on me--even then I would have jumped!

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Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.

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Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for their happiness we shall allure them with the reward of heaven and eternity.

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Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?" Marmeladov's question came suddenly into his mind "for every man must have somewhere to turn.

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I know that you don't believe it, but indeed, life will bring you through. You will live it down in time. What you need now is fresh air, fresh air, fresh air!

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Existence alone had never been enough for him; he had always wanted more. Perhaps it was only from the force of his desires that he had regarded himself as a man to whom more was permitted than to others.

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People with new ideas, people with the faintest capacity for saying something new, are extremely few in number, extraordinarily so, in fact.

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Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic animals and birds in the prison. And I wonder what other activity could better have softened and refined their harsh and brutal natures than this. But it was not allowed. Neither the regulations nor the nature of the prison made it possible.

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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

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If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all.

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Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously.

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One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.

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It's in despair that you find the sharpest pleasures, particularly when you are most acutely aware of the hopelessness of your position.

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Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable, but desirable. They mean growth. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

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Love is a teacher, but one must know how to acquire it, for it is difficult to acquire, it is dearly bought, by long work over a long time, for one ought to love not for a chance moment but for all time. Anyone, even a wicked man, can love by chance.

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Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

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The jealous are the readiest of all to forgive, and all women know it.

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To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief without the slightest misgiving.

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I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared. And it was after that that I found out the truth . I learnt the truth last November on the third of November, to be precise and I remember every instant since.

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