I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: "I love you," and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what was there to care about? Did I know what I wanted? I was like one demented: all I wanted was to be near her, in the halo of her glory, in her radiance, always, for ever, all my life. I knew nothing more!


The Gambler (ed. Modern Library, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307432247

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes

I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: I love you, and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what...

I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: I love you, and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what...

I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: I love you, and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what...

I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: I love you, and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what...