Dmitri Karamazov

"I believe in my heart there is a real need of suffering"

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love"

"I have been tormented by a passionate thirst for life"

"I would like to go away, but that would be cowardice"

"The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he cannot distinguish truth from falsehood"

"Everything is permitted to the clever man"

"I am not afraid of your logic; I will believe in love"

"There is something noble in every man, however corrupt he may be"

"I suffer, but I am alive, and that is something"

"The terrible thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible"

"I want to embrace suffering myself; I cannot do otherwise"

"A man who lies to himself about the past is the most dangerous of men"

"I confess I have been a coward about many things in my life"

"Without women, a man is nothing"

"I would give my whole life for one moment of love"

"The heart of man is the most precious thing in the world"

"I am not disputing His wisdom, I am only rebelling against His world"

"Every moment of life is infinitely precious"

"I have been a scoundrel, but I was not born a scoundrel"

"The future is uncertain, but the present is mine"

"I dream of freedom, but my chains are of my own forging"

"Is it noble to suffer for a cause in which one does not believe?"

"The soul needs beauty as much as it needs bread"

"I cannot forgive myself, and therefore I cannot forgive God"

"To love is to accept the worst in another person"

"I am not asking for happiness; I am asking for meaning"

"The greatest pleasure is to overcome oneself"

"I am a man of passion, not principle"

"What does it matter if I am guilty, if I am alive?"

"The world is beautiful, and I want to live, even if it is sinful"