Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have …

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn? Marmeladov's question came suddenly into his mind for every man must have somewhere to turn. ✨ Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). The 10 Greatest Books of All Time, p.41, Google Publishing
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