#8 Notes From Underground

Will and Kris chat about Notes from (the) Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Next time, Animal Farm

Some Quotes from Underground...

"It was not only that I could not become spiteful, I did not know how to become anything;
neither spiteful nor kind, neither a rascal nor an honest man, neither a hero nor an insect.
Now, I am living out my life in my corner, taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation
that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
Yes, a man in the nineteenth century must and morally ought to be pre-eminently a characterless creature;
a man of character, an active man is pre-eminently a limited creature. That is my conviction of forty years.
I am forty years old now, and you know forty years is a whole lifetime; you know it is extreme old age.
To live longer than forty years is bad manners, is vulgar, immoral. Who does live beyond forty?
Answer that, sincerely and honestly I will tell you who do: fools and worthless fellows.
I tell all old men that to their face, all these venerable old men, all these silver-haired and
reverend seniors! I tell the whole world that to its face! I have a right to say so, for I shall
go on living to sixty myself. To seventy! To eighty! ... Stay, let me take breath ... "

"My jests, gentlemen, are of course in bad taste, jerky, involved, lacking self-confidence. But of course that is because I do not respect myself. Can a man of perception respect himself at all? "

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[Dinasourmaddog4]

is demonds and the possesed the same book just translated diffrently?

[BookClubBleu]

yes

[RamblinTroubadour]

What's the book about Revolutionaries?

[BookClubBleu]

@RamblinTroubadour "Demons" must get round to that book =]

[RamblinTroubadour]

thanks

[BookClubBleu]

thanks for your comment =] and thanks for the compliments. I personally have been wanting to read cormac macarthy since i saw no country for old men which i thought was one of the best films ive ever seen but as you can imagine i have a lot of books to get through! also dont mean to hassle but if you like our videos please make sure you subscribe we'll really appreciate it!

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[nekotheninja]

cool intro! :)