
Source: Revolution for the Hell of It (1968), p. 187.
Book II, ch. 6 (trans. Constance Garnett)
Pyotr Miusov, summarizing an argument made by Ivan at a social gathering
The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)
Source: Revolution for the Hell of It (1968), p. 187.
“Even if I now saw you only once, I would long for you through worlds, worlds, worlds.”
Source: The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
would lie upon your actions as the greatest weight. Or how well disposed would you have to become to yourself and to life to crave nothing more fervently than this ultimate eternal confirmation and seal?.
Sec. 341
The Gay Science (1882)
“Nothing would give up life:
Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.”
"Root Cellar," ll. 10-11
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)
Source: The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966), p. 14
Source: On Doing the Right Thing and Other Essays (1928), p. 176