He sank into thought.
"And what if I'm wrong?" he cried suddenly. "What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-- then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial terrors and there are no barriers and it's all as it should be."
-pg 27
"What's the most offensive is not their lying-- one can always forgive lying-- lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth-- what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying..."
-Razumihin, pg 137
Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen. And a fine thing, too, in its way; but we can't even make mistakes on our own account! Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.
- Razumihin, pg 203
Isn't it fearful that you are living in this filth which you loathe so, and at the same time you know yourself (you've only to open your eyes) that you are not helping anyone by it, not saving anyone from anything?
-Raskolnikov, pg 321
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