Crime and Punishment

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Quotes from Crime and Punishment

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"I was overcome by indescribable anguish."
Raskolnikov Fear
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"The truth is that there is no truth!"
Raskolnikov Truth
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"What have I done? I have killed a louse, a vile, loathsome louse."
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"I feel that I might be able to love her still, but I feel a kind of hatred for her."
Raskolnikov Relationships
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"Every one is talking of me, watching me. How unbearable it is."
Raskolnikov Fear
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"I wanted to murder the old woman and take her money without any further messing about."
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"Man grows accustomed to everything, the scoundrel!"
Marmeladov Truth
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"The more I live, the more I realize that I understand nothing."
Raskolnikov Wisdom
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"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Humanity resides in our capacity for compassion"
Sonya Kindness
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"The law of nature is kill or be killed"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"We are all murderers in our hearts at some moment"
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"Redemption begins with acknowledgment of guilt"
Sonya
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"I am the architect of my own damnation"
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"The world is divided between the weak and the strong"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"The poor live in a different world than the rich"
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"Suffering purifies the soul"
Sonya Wisdom
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"I must confess to restore my humanity"
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"The soul cannot rest without peace"
Sonya Peace
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"Forgiveness is harder than punishment"
Raskolnikov Courage
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"A lie is more comfortable than the truth"
Raskolnikov Truth
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"Love conquers even the most hardened heart"
Sonya Love
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"The poor deserve compassion, not judgment"
Dunya Kindness
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"I have been broken like a cheap vase"
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"Conscience is the bridge between us and redemption"
Sonya Faith
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"A man may be base in a thousand ways but never so base as to despair"
Raskolnikov Hope
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"Money is the root of all evil"
Marmeladov Money
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"Nothing is more terrible than suffering for the innocent"
Sonya Justice
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"All is permitted to the extraordinary man"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Virtue is its own reward"
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