Existentialism is Philosophy's Awkward, Bastard Son: Dostoevsky

In honor of our awkward heritage, we will be posting random bits of philosophic thought from some of the most isolated, exiled, awkward philosophers the world has seen (isn't that all of them, really?) Awkward words of advice from the Awkward Greats of Humanity.

From Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground:

"I, for instance, have a great deal of amour propre. I am as suspicious and prone to take offence as a humpback or a dwarf. But upon my word I sometimes have had moments when if I had happened to be slapped in the face I should, perhaps, have been positively glad of it."

Rude-boy Dostoevsky, S&Min' it up in 1864. Awk-on man.