Fyodor Dostoyevsky quote about God from The Brothers Karamazov - It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return Him the ticket.
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It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return Him the ticket.
 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1880). copy citation

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Author Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Source The Brothers Karamazov
Topic God faith
Date 1880
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Garnett
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-h/28054-h.html

Context

“Besides, too high a price is asked for harmony; it's beyond our means to pay so much to enter on it. And so I hasten to give back my entrance ticket, and if I am an honest man I am bound to give it back as soon as possible. And that I am doing. It's not God that I don't accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return Him the ticket.»
«That's rebellion,» murmured Alyosha, looking down. «Rebellion? I am sorry you call it that,» said Ivan earnestly. «One can hardly live in rebellion, and I want to live. Tell me yourself, I challenge you—answer.” source

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