Destiny Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“He had heard men talk of the unfairness of a death-bed repentance - as if it was an easy thing to break the habit…

— Graham Greene

“and in that one night's wickedness I drowned all my repentance,all my reflections upon my past conduct,and all my resolution for the future.”

— Daniel Defoe

“He burned to appease the fierce longing of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien. He cared little that he was…

— James Joyce

“he had been filled with terror lest other eyes should look upon it. It had brought melancholy across his passions. Its mere memory had…

— Oscar Wilde

“This sacrifice, which saved his life, reminded him again that the evil of this world could be put to rout by the will of…

— Andreï Makine

“Both salvation and punishment for man lie in the fact that if he lives wrongly he can befog himself so as not to see…

— Leo Tolstoy

“He looked back on his past life, which had been so wretched. How had he been able to bear that terrible burden? He had…

— Leo Tolstoy

“He remembered the forceful hand that cast him to the earth. He'd fallen like a shooting star, his flesh burning until his wings fell…

— James Burnham

“It had brought melancholy across his passions. Its mere memory had marred many moments of joy. It had been like conscience to him. Yes,…

— Oscar Wilde

“The rest of the time he entertained all the guilt that wished to call, carried in by the wind through the darkness, to enter…

— Colm Tóibín

“He thirsted for this resurrection and renewal. The vile bog he had gotten stuck in of his own free will burdened him too much,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“And in vain the dreamer rakes over his old dreams, as though seeking a spark among the embers, to fan them into flame, to…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky