Dostoevsky Notes From The Underground Quotes & Sayings

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath. — Breyten Breytenbach

This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression. The character has traits of myself. I really lost friends while writing on that story, I became ugly and unhappy and just yelled at people. The cruel thing with depression is that it's such a self-centered illness - Dostoevsky shows that pretty good in his "Notes from Underground". The depression is painful, you're sapped/consumed by yourself; the worse the depression, the more you just think about yourself and the stranger and repellent you appear to others. — David Foster Wallace

If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable. — Josephine Tey

I keep having these bros come up to me and say, "I used to watch you when I was a fetus," and I just want to kill them. — Nick Offerman

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world. — Matthew Lesko

We met financial expectations for the quarter in a difficult economic environment. We also signed a two-year programming agreement with Home & Garden Television to launch two new cable television series, and launched the Martha Stewart Kids magazine These initiatives provide future revenue and earnings growth for the brand and build long-term value for shareholders. — Martha Stewart

Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it — William James

That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish. — Louis Zamperini

I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special. — Vanessa Williams