The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
My 6 highlights
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I don't think he requires a napkin under his chin, after all; are you accustomed to having one on, prince?" "Formerly, when I was seven years old or so. I believe I wore one; but now I usually hold my napkin on my knee when I eat."
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her dowry was to be colossal and unprecedented.
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His manners were good, but rather ponderously so. His dark beard bore evidence to the fact that he was not in any government employ. He could speak well, but preferred silence.
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He was sober himself, but the excitement of this chaotic day—the strangest day of his life—had affected him so that he was in a dazed, wild condition, which almost resembled drunkenness.
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a warm, unhealthy wind blew through the streets,
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an enormously tall stout one who apparently put great faith in the strength of his fists.