Dostoevski Quotes

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of us. (William Faulkner)
Dostoevski was on to something. You are the path you choose. You are what your vocation is. View quote
Giovanni Ribisi
As Dostoevski said: 'Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. View quote
Dorothy Day
Dostoevski said that taking a new step is what people fear the most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution. View quote
Saul Alinsky
When I write, I don't translate for white readers.... Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific, and I don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me. View quote
Toni Morrison
I have seen the truth, Dostoevski said. It is not as though I had invented it with my mind. I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my soul forever.... In one day, one hour, everything could be arranged at once! The chief thing is to love. View quote
Marilyn Ferguson
Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him. View quote
Suzanne Fields