SLAVIC 210 Midterm: Quotes
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"people, even the wicked, are much more na ve and simple-hearted than we suppose" (author, 8) "i am an inveterate buffoon i daresay it"s a devil within me" (fyodor to room, 42) "don"t be so ashamed of yourself for that is at the roof of it all" (fz to. "the man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him" (fz to fyodor, 45) "in as far as you advance in love you will grow surer of the reality of god and of the immortality of your soul" (fz to mh, 58) "treats him more as a captive than as a convict" (fz to room, 67) "once i am taken prisoner by the enemies of the christian race i am fully entitled to act by my own reason, since there would be no sin in it" (smerdyakov to grigory, alyosha, and fyodor, 140)