“ You are sold, all of you, body and soul, and there is no need to strive for love when you can have everything without love. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground (1864). copy citation
| Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
|---|---|
| Source | Notes from Underground |
| Topic | love body |
| Date | 1864 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/600/600-h/600-h.htm |
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“But that's everything, you know, it's a priceless diamond, it's a maiden's treasure, love--why, a man would be ready to give his soul, to face death to gain that love. But how much is your love worth now? You are sold, all of you, body and soul, and there is no need to strive for love when you can have everything without love. And you know there is no greater insult to a girl than that, do you understand? To be sure, I have heard that they comfort you, poor fools, they let you have lovers of your own here. But you know that's simply a farce, that's simply a sham, it's just laughing at you, and you are taken in by it!”
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