Then I knew he was not lying.


Raskolnikov's LetterLetter from Rodion Raskolnikov to Sonya MarmeladovaRaskolnikov's Letter
13th January, 1867 Siberia
Dearest Sonya,
There resides through the window of my prison cell a mud track, often taken by the peasants. They traverse by this route, in their horses and carts, the distance separating their landowner's estate from their farms. I'm not certain what it is they freight back and forth - their barrows are covered by those coarse blankets such people favour and it's not something with which I'm concerned.
What is of greater interest to me than the peasants themselves is the highway by which t
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LorcaLetter From Federico García Lorca to a Young American WriterLorca
August 19, 1936 Granada
My American Friend;
I have received your second letter, dated June 23, and this in reply.
In your first letter, you asked me for advice, as a young artist, on how to become a poet. My answer, such as it was, failed to satisfy. I apologize for my reticence and for my oblique detours. Your second letter was a surprise, however. You cite rumors of my friendship with the artist Salvador Dali, rumors of liaiso
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\"might wanna incest in Photoshop.\" -- Chandra
\"My uncle works for Orkin killing incests\" -- Mojo
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'Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.'
Yeah, Dostoevsky wasn't too happy being resurrected from the grave to help me compete for a dA subscription, but I won him round eventually. (Actually, my first thought on completing the thing was 'God, this sounds nothing like Crime and Punishment', but thanks for the kind words!)
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I have been dying to get my teeth into the Russians for ages, beyond Crime and Punishment, but they've never been part of the syllabus for this degree. Dostoevsky's body of work is one big sod, but very readable in a way people don't expect it to be.
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'Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.'
Ah, I love, love, love the Russians. What degree are you doing?
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-StationToStation-
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'Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.'
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