The Brothers Karamazov

"Suffering is the only path to redemption"

"I have loved wickedness, but I have also loved truth"

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

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

"I am a man of passion, not principle"

"The greatest pleasure is to overcome oneself"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Every moment of life is infinitely precious"

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

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

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

"Without women, a man is nothing"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Everything is permitted to the clever man"

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

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

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