As to the thoughts, they are elfish. Those eyes in the Evening Star you must have seen in a dream.

I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you

If he were insane, however, his was a very cool and collected insanity.

Who has words at the right moment?

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room: it only gave my nerves a shock, of which I feel the reverberation to this day.

I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest - a mighty home, not a terror and an abyss. Besides, with this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low. I live in calm, looking to the end.