@_gaahlantini: "My good husband not only loved and respected me as many husbands love and respect their wives, but almost worshipped me, as though I were some special being created just for him. And this was true not only at the beginning of our marriage but through all the remaining years of it, up to his very death. Whereas in reality I was not distinguished for my good looks, nor did I possess talent nor any special intellectual cultivation. And yet, despite all that, I earned the profound respect, the adoration of a man so creative and brilliant." -Anna Dostoevskaya #literature #BookTok #book #dostoevsky #bookmeme