Crime and Punishment

Book · 6 characters · 607 quotes · 1911

Quotes from Crime and Punishment

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"Compassion is the chief law of human existence."
Sonya
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"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
Raskolnikov
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"Crime is a sort of madness."
Porfiry Petrovich
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"I am utterly alone."
Raskolnikov Solitude
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"Debauchery is the ruin of the soul."
Marmeladov
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"I feel that I have lost all conviction in everything."
Raskolnikov
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"What would have become of Sonya if she had remained chaste?"
Marmeladov Family
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"I wanted to murder the old woman without any sanction from anybody, and without trying to persuade anybody."
Raskolnikov Justice
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"Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!"
Raskolnikov
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"The soul is healed by making others happy."
Sonya Kindness
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"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"A person can change if they truly wish to."
Sonya Change
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"Knowledge is a heavy burden."
Raskolnikov Knowledge
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Dunya Courage
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"The weak are crushed under the weight of the world."
Raskolnikov Strength
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"Society judges but God forgives."
Sonya Faith
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"Patience is a virtue."
Sonya Patience
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"We create our own hell."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Love conquers all obstacles."
Sonya Love
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"I am not extraordinary; I am ordinary."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"The poor are always with us."
Marmeladov Life
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"Forgiveness is the path to peace."
Sonya Peace
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"I do not understand how one can walk by a beautiful woman and not feel angry."
Raskolnikov Nature
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"The innocent suffer the most."
Dunya Justice
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"Despair is a sin."
Sonya Faith
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"I could not live without her."
Raskolnikov Love
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"Money is the root of all good."
Marmeladov Money
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"I have nothing to be sorry for."
Raskolnikov
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"I am going to take a different path."
Raskolnikov Change
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"I want to know what you are thinking about now."
Sonya Relationships