Sublime

precisely the type of man who is not only worthless and depraved but muddleheaded as well—one of those muddleheaded people who still handle their own little business deals quite skillfully, if nothing else.

‘On the other hand, it has always happened that the more I hate people individually, the more ardent becomes my love for humanity as a whole.’”

“You’re not an evil man, you’re just twisted,”

A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end.

to escape the lot of those who have lived their whole life without finding their true selves in themselves.

“Brother, let me ask you one more thing: can it be that any man has the right to decide about the rest of mankind, who is worthy to live and who is more unworthy?”

And therefore, trusting greatly in the mercy of God, I live in hopes that I’ll be completely forgiven, sir.”