Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition?
Fyodor Dostoevskyif she had ordered me to throw myself down then, I would have done it! If she had said it only as a joke, said it with contempt, spitting on me--even then I would have jumped!
Fyodor DostoevskyI have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility respect himself at all?
Fyodor Dostoevsky