"... unparalleled debauchery, when man turns into a filthy, cowardly, cruel, vicious reptile. That's what we need! And what's more, a little 'fresh blood' that we may grow accustomed to it ...." (Dostoyevsky's The Devils, Part II, Chapter VIII) "In my novel The Devils I attempted to depict the complex and heterogenous motives which may prompt even the purest of heart and the most naive people to take part in an absolutely monstrous crime." (Dostoyevsky's The Diary of a Writer)