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“They won't let me ... I can't be ... good!”
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
― Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov

“God cheats men into living on by hiding how blessed it is to die.”
― De bello civili libri X (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana)
― De bello civili libri X (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana)

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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