what is honour, my dear, when you have nothing to eat ?

" The little girl, the daughter, stands leaning up against the coffin, and the poor little thing is so dismal and pensive! And i don't like it, my dear, varenka, when a child gets pensive;its not nice to look at! Some sort of rag doll lies on the floor beside her - she doesn't play; she holds her finger on her lips; stands there, not moving. The landlady gave her a sweet;she took it, but didn't eat it.Its sad, varenka, isn't it? "

- quoted by Makar Devushkin

[ Poor People by FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY | 1846 | ]