Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov
God and devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
"Because I'm a Karamazov. Because when I fall into the abyss, I go straight into it, head down and heels up, and I'm even pleased that I'm falling in just such a humiliating position, and for me I find it beautiful."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, ch. 3
Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov
"People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. [...] I think if the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Book V, ch. 4
Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov
Let us be, first and above all, kind.
"[...] he was simply an early lover of mankind, and if he threw himself into the monastery path, it was only because it alone struck him at the time and presented him, so to speak, with an ideal way out for his soul struggling from the darkness of worldly wickedness towards the light of love."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Book I, ch. 4
Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov
“I visited Smerdyakov [….] His health was weak […] but his character, his heart—oh, no, he was not at all such a weak man as the prosecution has made him out to be. I especially did not find any timidity in him [….] As for guilelessness, there was nothing of the sort […] I found a terrible mistrustfulness in him, behind a mask of naivety, and a mind capable of contemplating quite a lot.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Book XII, ch. 12
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Here I am, once again. I crawled out from the dark depths of my mind to finally come back here.
Sorry for the long intervals of inactivity, but sometimes my emotional and psychological state doesn't allow me to do much. I hope you all are okay, I hope to bring you some comfort and post some more, for we are living through dark, dark times.
Take this as a more or less skilful attempt to convince you to read The Brothers Karamazov, if you haven't already. For those of you who did read it, I hope you enjoy this post. The most difficult part was probably choosing the right quotes. There were so many beautiful ones.
Feel free to leave a comment. Who's your favourite character from the book and /or what's your fav quote? Let me know, I'm super curious!! Also, if you want to repost the pictures or this post on Pinterest, please tag me, I love it when people enjoy my work.
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