Three Things to Hold On To

First, be sincere. Second, be kind. Third, may we never forget one another.
After closing The Brothers Karamazov, these words feel less like advice and more like a quiet vow. In a world torn between faith and doubt, reason and passion, they are the simplest truths the novel leaves in our hands. To live honestly, to treat others with mercy, and to remember each other—this, perhaps, is Dostoevsky’s final answer to the chaos of being human.