Absolute submission, absolute loss of individuality, but once in thirty years Shigalov would let them have a shock and they would all suddenly begin eating one another up, to a certain point, simply as a precaution against boredom.

Boredom is an aristocratic sensation.

The Shigalovians will have no desires.

Desire and suffering are our lot, but Shigalovism is for the slaves." "You exclude yourself ?" Stavrogin broke in again.
"You, too.

Do you know, I have thought of giving up the world to the Pope.