Quotes · Quote card

Quotation from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“What does it matter that it is an abnormal intensity, if the result, if the minute of sensation, remembered and analysed afterwards in health, turns out to be the acme of harmony and beauty”

Fyodor Dostoevsky (spoken by Narrator, giving Myshkin's thoughts)

The Idiot, Part II, Chapter V, trans. Constance Garnett

Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Myshkin reflects on the moment of exalted awareness that precedes his epileptic attacks.

Citation: "What does it matter that it is an abnormal intensity, if the result, if the minute of sensation, remembered and analysed afterwards in health, turns out to be the acme of harmony and beauty" — Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot, Part II, Chapter V, trans. Constance Garnett. (id the-idiot-q6)

Portrait: Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky, Vasily Perov, Public domain.

Download card (PNG)

Quote card: What does it matter that it is an abnormal intensity, if the result, if the minu