Mentions (5)
"The man reading Dostoyevsky at the coffee shop? Performative. The woman reading Bukowski on the train? Performative. This notion is purely driven by people's resentment of the fact they haven't read a book since high school and feel bad about themselves for it in my view."
"In the article I have linked from Criterion, Mr. Sophistication is described as 'belongs to that tribe Dostoyevsky called "the insulted and the injured. He oozes affronted, buffoonish humiliation"' which is so fitting."
"BPD bitch who means well but probably with end up in some sort of tragedy, devious histrionic whore, old woman who is sick of both of them and their 'feminine hysterics', poor retard/cripple, and handsome naive perfect-gorl. They can have a character arc but the starting and ending positions have t"
"- Fyodor Dostoyevsky *Notes from Underground* One of the best intros to a novel and truly captures the whole essence of the narrative. Please post your favorite intros, I would love to hear them!"
"I AM a sick man. …I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe my liver is diseased... - Fyodor Dostoyevsky *Notes from Underground* One of the best intros to a novel"