- "for one must love not only occasionally, for a moment, but forever. everyone can love occasionally, even the wicked can."
- "i was young then, a child, but a lasting impression, a hidden feeling of it all, remained in my heart, ready to rise up and respond when the time came."
- "all things come to an end; all things are made equal. that’s the long and short of it."
- "i love life. i’ve loved life too much, shamefully much."
- "farewell; you are guiltless, though you’ve been your own undoing."
- "forgive me, grusha, for my love, for ruining you, too, with my love."
- "i exist. in thousands of agonies — i exist."
- "i see the sun, and if i don’t see the sun, i know it’s there. and there’s a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there."
- "—but now i’ve taken all her soul in my soul and through her i’ve become a man myself."
- "i am perfectly sane, only my heart is heavy."
- "—though he is ruined, he is innocent."
- "if you know too much, you'll get old too soon."
- "your face haunted my heart."
- "this soul is not yet at peace with itself, one must be tender with it... there may be a treasure in that soul..."
- "i've grown to love my tears in these five years... perhaps i only love my resentment, not him..."
- "tragic phrases comfort the heart... without them, sorrow would be too heavy for men to bear."
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