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Quotation from Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea.”
Notes from Underground, Part II, Chapter IX, trans. Constance Garnett (1918)
During Liza's visit the narrator pours out his spite, insisting that he wants only to be left in peace.
Citation: "I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea." — Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, Part II, Chapter IX, trans. Constance Garnett (1918). (id notes-from-underground-q6)
Portrait: Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov, Vasily Perov, Public domain.
