Crime and Punishment

Book · 6 characters · 607 quotes · 1911

Quotes from Crime and Punishment

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"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I committed murder."
Raskolnikov Power
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"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Raskolnikov Relationships
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"What is to be done now?"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"I could never believe that prayer is useless or that its object is mistaken."
Sonya Faith
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"Man grows accustomed to everything, the scoundrel!"
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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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"The path to redemption is through suffering and confession"
Sonya Faith
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"I understand now that true power lies not in the ability to commit crimes, but in the capacity to forgive"
Raskolnikov Strength
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"The highest kind of love manifests itself in sacrifice"
Sonya Love
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"Crime is a kind of illness with me"
Raskolnikov Justice
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"I feel that I am ready to accept any suffering"
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"Despair is the privilege of those who have lost everything"
Raskolnikov Hope
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"What would become of us if everyone acted so?"
Sonya
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"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's"
Raskolnikov Freedom
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"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I committed murder"
Raskolnikov Power
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"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular"
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"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"The greatest crime is to deny our own humanity."
Sonya Justice
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"I have murdered not a man, but an idea."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Faith is the only anchor in a stormy sea."
Sonya Faith
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"The darkness within us is deeper than any darkness without."
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"We are all prisoners of our own making."
Raskolnikov Freedom
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"Mercy is the only cure for despair."
Sonya Hope
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"I seek not happiness, but meaning."
Raskolnikov Life
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"Kindness is the highest form of wisdom."
Sonya Kindness
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"The weak are crushed by the weight of existence."
Raskolnikov Strength
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"I cannot live without knowing why I live."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Redemption comes through acceptance of suffering."
Sonya Faith
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"I am not afraid of punishment; I am afraid of my own thoughts."
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