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If I Win the Lottery
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
-Fr. Zosima in Book II, Chapter 2 of The Brothers Karamazov
If I win the lottery, which is unlikely Because I never buy a ticket, you know I’m going to have cases of the Modern Library edition Of The Brothers Karamazov shipped to me.
For the rest of my life I will give copies To everyone I meet: men in red plastic caps Mensheviks, Bolsheviks, vegetarians A lonely soul waiting at the bus stop