The darker the night, the brighter the stars,
The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.

If God does not exist, then everything is permitted

It's not God that I don't accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return Him the ticket.

... I retraced my steps, walked up to her, and in another moment would have certainly said, "Madam!" if I had not known that that exclamation had been made a thousand times before in all Russian novels of high life. It was that alone that stopped me.

Without God all things are permitted.