“I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises.”
“He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”
“Alyosha brought with him something his father had never known before: a complete absence of contempt for him and a consistent kindness, a perfectly natural, unaffected devotion to the old man who deserved so little.”
“I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem from love”
“He had not known a world that did not have her in it. Yet now he was going to discover just that.”
“Oh," he said to Kiyo, voice completely devoid of emotion. "I see. It's your turn again.”