"Why, the isolation that prevails everywhere, above all in our age-it has not fully developed, it has not reached its limit yet. For every one strives to keep his individuality as apart as possible, wishes to secure the greatest possible fullness of life for himself; but meantime all his efforts result not in attaining fullness of life but self-destruction, for instead of self-realization he ends by arriving at complete solitude." Dostoyevsky-The Brothers Karamazov p.336
One would be hard-pressed to find a more timeless, relevant and predicting statement. However, I welcome all who are willing to try. Leave a comment!
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I don't have a quote to add, but I'll get around to reading one of the books on your blog one of these days. Something I don't do enough of is read an actual book; most of my reading is done on the internet through forums, blogs, or essays.
ReplyDeleteSome of the short stories I'm going to post would be great stories to read. They're quick and worthwhile. They are a good place to start.
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