Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russia
11 Nov 1821 // 9 Feb 1881
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Invisible Thoughts

It is known that whole trains of thought sometimes pass instantly through our heads, in the form of certain feelings, without translation into human language, still less literary language...
Because many of our feelings, when translated into ordinary language, will seem perfectly implausible. That is why they never come into the world, and yet everybody has them.

Fiodor Dostoievski, in 'A Nasty Anecdote'
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