The Brothers Karamazov

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

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 Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

White Nights

- “I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can't help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. I am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year. I feel I know you so well that I couldn't have known you better if we'd been friends for twenty years. You won't fail me, will you? Only two minutes, and you've made me happy forever. Yes, happy. Who knows, perhaps you've reconciled me with myself, resolved all my doubts.

When I woke up it seemed to me that some snatch of a tune I had known for a long time, I had heard somewhere before but had forgotten, a melody of great sweetness, was coming back to me now. It seemed to me that it had been trying to emerge from my soul all my life, and only now-

If and when you fall in love, may you be happy with her. I don't need to wish her anything, for she'll be happy with you. May your sky always be clear, may your dear smile always be bright and happy, and may you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?” 

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky 

White Nights

Crime and Punishment

- “To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.” 

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 Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

- “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.” 

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

 Crime and Punishment

The Brothers Karamazov

- “Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” 

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Brothers Karamazov