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"And if the sufferings of children have gone to replenish the sum of suffering that was needed to purchase the truth, then I declare in advance that no truth, not even the whole truth is worth such a price...It isn't God I don't accept, Alyosha, it's just his ticket that I most respectfully return to him." (320)

"But then again, still not having gone five paces, he turned around one last time, but this time without the twisted laughter in his features, which, on the contrary, were now convulsed with tears. In a rapid, wailing, jerking, choking patter he managed to bark out:

'What would I be able to tell my little boy, if I took money from you for our disgrace?' (278)

"I shall be his god, to whom he will say his prayers -- and that is the least that he owes me for his betrayal and for what I endured on account of him yesterday."

Need an espresso martini and a diva dish session with Katerina Ivanovna. That is all.