„Ugarak se već odavno gasio u nakrivljenom svijećnjaku, mutno osvjetljujući u toj prosjačkoj sobi ubojicu i bludnicu, što se na čudan način sastadoše za čitanja vječne knjige.

“Des Grieux was like all Frenchmen, that is, cheerful and amiable when it was ne…”

“Fathers and teachers, I ponder, "What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffe…”

“Здесь Дьявол с Богом борется, а поле битвы - сердца людей.”

“If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother …”