Crime and Punishment (1935)
Marian Marsh: Sonya
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Quotes
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Roderick Raskolnikov : [Looking down at the water] I wonder how many poor devils have found an answer to their questions down there. If only the dead could ever come back.
Sonya : They have!
[goes inside to fetch a book, returns]
Sonya : Remember the Raising of Lazarus?
Roderick Raskolnikov : [Takes Bible, turns it over and hands it back] Are you happy to have your Bible back?
Sonya : [excited] Would you like me to read the Raising of Lazarus?
Roderick Raskolnikov : [They go inside] I can't understand you Sonya, how can you continue living like this?
Sonya : I believe in God.
Roderick Raskolnikov : What have you or I to hope for out of life?
Sonya : Don't take away my faith - I need it.
Roderick Raskolnikov : Don't take away my un-belief - I need that!
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Sonya : I forgot that there was still some kindness in the world. Thank you.
Roderick Raskolnikov : I forgot there was still some beauty in it.
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Sonya : I do this almost every night. Come out here and look down at the water. Sometimes the water seems full of stars. And then I feel like I can put this bucket down and pull up a whole pailful of them.
Roderick Raskolnikov : You're lonely, aren't you?
Sonya : You are too.
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Roderick Raskolnikov : [seeing Sonya searching for something a the bottom of the stair] What did you lose?
Sonya : [referring to the pawnbroker] A ruble. It dropped out of my hand when she pushed me out of the door.
Roderick Raskolnikov : [with bitternes] Someone ought to push her into the next world!