“I know you’re furious with me because I won’t talk to you about holy things. But I have no wish to be holy. What will they do, in the next world, to someone who has committed the greatest sin? I’m sure you know exactly what the penalty is.”

“God will punish you,” Alyosha said, watching her closely.

“And that’s just what I want: I’d like to get there and be punished. I’d just laugh in their faces! I terribly want to set the house on fire, this house, our house … Don’t you believe me?” Read the rest of this entry »