Crime and Punishment

"I want to see you act on your principles"

"Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!"

"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."

"We cannot escape ourselves, no matter how far we run."

"The road to redemption is paved with suffering and truth."

"A man's worth is not measured by his wealth, but by his conscience."

"The weak are slaves to their desires; the strong are slaves to their ambitions."

"I came to understand that freedom without love is merely captivity of the soul."

"The extraordinary cannot exist without the ordinary to measure it against."

"I understood at last that love requires more courage than murder."

"Confession is not merely words; it is a rebirth of the soul."

"The poor man's pride is often his only possession."

"A lie is a poison that spreads through the entire soul."

"I murdered not a woman, but a principle."

"Humility is the first step toward redemption."

"I will not be a slave to my own pride."

"Suffering purifies and ennobles the soul."

"I wanted to become a Napoleon and that is why I killed her."

"The dead are beyond our vengeance and beyond our forgiveness."

"Forgive me for doubting your extraordinary powers."

"I understand now that I cannot live with such a soul."

"The beginning of action is what matters."

"I am mad, but perhaps that is where the truth lies."

"The poor and weak do not even dare to dream of dreams."

"Crime is a kind of madness."

"I felt that I had broken something sacred and inviolable."

"The extraordinary man has the right to transgress."

"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can wish it should become a universal law."

"I have only proved that I am a louse."

"Despair itself may constitute a sort of rapture."