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Elle marchait comme si elle faisait honneur à la terre en la touchant du pied.
Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski • Le Joueur (French Edition)


There is nothing more seductive for man than the freedom of his conscience, but there is nothing more tormenting either.
Larissa Volokhonsky • The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
Écrivant cela, l’idée me vient que moi-même j’ai donné jusqu’à un âge relativement avancé dans le culte romantique de la folie. Cela m’a passé, Dieu merci. L’expérience m’a appris que ce romantisme-là est une connerie, que la folie est ce qu’il y a de plus triste et morne au monde, et je pense que cela, Édouard l’a toujours su, d’instinct, qu’il s’
... See moreEmmanuel Carrère • Limonov (Fiction) (French Edition)

In Nekhludoff, as in all people, there were two beings; one spiritual, who sought only such happiness for himself as also benefited others; and the animal being, seeking his own happiness for the sake of which he is willing to sacrifice that of the world.
Graf Leo Tolstoy • The Awakening The Resurrection
In short, I work for pay and demand my pay at once, that is, praise and a return of love for my love. Otherwise I’m unable to love anyone!”