You are younger than I, and a man, and must know better than I do, and are cleverer than I am, for all that you have had no proper education - I can see that very well.Devushkin
My landlady has a cat which is so fat and ugly, so mangy and wild, that it looks more like a boar or some other wild beast than a cat.Devushkin
My God, my God... how dearly I love you! What am I saying? No, no, I wish for nothing, I wish for nothing! Goodbye, my darling.Devushkin
Your letters are my comfort, my joy, my all! Now I live only for you, and your letters.Devushkin
Oh, what a sad, sad world! But I'm weeping for myself, because I was born into this world, maybe I deserved something better, but ...Varvara
Life, life is gone, now there's only the grave left... Life has been crushed out of me by suffering...Devushkin
I am poor, I am poor! My dear, what will become of us?Devushkin
Sometimes it seems to me that there's nothing in the world that I wouldn't endure, if I had the certainty that I'd see you again one day, just to see you.Devushkin
I am alone, quite alone in the world, and sometimes I feel a terrible despair.Varvara
Don't reproach me, don't disturb me, don't visit me, don't write to me. I shall not answer your letters. Forgive me, I am bidding you farewell.Varvara