“Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed and in the sight of all.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book II, Ch. 4

About Fyodor Dostoevsky

1821 – 1881

Russian novelist, author of 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

“A dream! What is a dream? And is not our life a dream?”

“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”

“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself.”

“Yet I argue not against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate one jot of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer right onward.”

“Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.”

“I don't know about hope, but I do know about love.”

“Let the man who does not wish to be idle fall in love!”

“Everyone wishes to be loved, but, in the event, nearly no one can bear it.”

“Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.”