Crime and Punishment Quote

...and the one who will take pity on me is him that hath pity for all men and whose wisdom passeth all understanding, he alone, he is our judge. He will come this day, and inquire: "And where is the daughter that hath not spared herself for the sake of her harsh-tongued and consumptive stepmother and for young children that are not her own kith and kin? Where is the daughter who took pity on her earthly father, an obscene drunkard, undismayed by his bestial nature?"

And he will say to her: "Come unto me! I have already forgiven thee once... Forgiven thee once.. Thy sins, which are many, are forgiven; for thou loved much..." And he'll forgive my Sonya, he'll forgiver her, I know he will... I felt that then, when I went to see her, felt it in my heart! ...And he will judge and forgive everyone, the good and the bad, the wise and the meek...

And when he is done with them, he will raise up his voice to us, saying unto us: "Come out, ye drunkards, come out, O ye that are weak, come out, ye that live in shame!" And we shall come out, and shall not be ashamed, and shall stand before him. And he will say unto us; "Ye are as swine! Made in the image of the Beast, and marked with his brand; but come ye also!"

And the wise and the learned will raise up their voices, saying: "Lord! Why dost thou receive them?" And he will say unto them: "Because they none of them ever believed themselves worthy of it..." And he will stretch out his hand to us and we shall fall down... and weep... and understand everything! Then we will understand everything!... everyone will understand... even Katerina Ivanovna... even she will understand... O Lord, thy kingdom come!

~Marmeladov, in drunken inspiration