If God does not exist, everything is permitted.
The soul is healed by being with children.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist whose psychological masterpieces - 'Crime and Punishment,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Idiot,' and 'Notes from Underground' - explored the darkest depths of human consciousness with unprecedented intensity. His work anticipated existentialism, psychoanalysis, and the modern novel's concern with alienation and moral choice.
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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
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Is the goalkeeper aware that I am Garrincha?
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