I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house i…

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one's eyes and wait, come what may . . .
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