{
  "type": "quote",
  "site": {
    "name": "Leafy Quotes",
    "language": "en",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin/the-sort-of-remorse",
  "json": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin/the-sort-of-remorse.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin/the-sort-of-remorse.md",
  "id": "7ec551e7-7b0e-4ac2-ac9d-4f1310e57137",
  "slug": "the-sort-of-remorse",
  "text": "The sort of remorse Laurent experienced was purely physical. His body, his irritated nerves and trembling frame alone were afraid of the drowned man. His conscience was for nothing in his terror. He did not feel the least regret at having killed Camille. When he was calm, when the spectre did not happen to be there, he would have committed the murder over again, had he thought his interests absolutely required it.",
  "language": "en",
  "author": {
    "name": "Emile Zola",
    "slug": "emile-zola",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola"
  },
  "book": {
    "title": "Thérèse Raquin",
    "slug": "therese-raquin",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin"
  },
  "character": null,
  "chapter": null,
  "chapter_parent": null,
  "page": null,
  "verified": false,
  "original": null,
  "other_languages": [],
  "topics": [
    {
      "name": "fear",
      "slug": "fear",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fear"
    },
    {
      "name": "guilt",
      "slug": "guilt",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/guilt"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "name": "Wikiquote",
    "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola#Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin_(1867%3B_1868)",
    "license": {
      "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
    }
  },
  "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:38:10",
  "more_from_book": [
    {
      "id": "e09aeaa3-ddfb-4952-b5b3-b052aa3085ae",
      "slug": "in-reality-one",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin/in-reality-one",
      "text": "In reality, one single thought tormented them: they were irritated at their crime, and in despair at having for ever troubled their lives.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "guilt",
          "slug": "guilt",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/guilt"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola#Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin_(1867%3B_1868)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-26T07:49:11"
    },
    {
      "id": "a98fd6a6-8ae0-4381-9784-99d497c1f083",
      "slug": "it-was-like",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin/it-was-like",
      "text": "It was like a lightning flash of passion, swift and blinding in a leaden sky.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "passion",
          "slug": "passion",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/passion"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola#Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin_(1867%3B_1868)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-26T07:49:11"
    },
    {
      "id": "946ac828-4b83-4563-8c9f-c8ed5b6da5fe",
      "slug": "when-there-is-no-hope",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin/when-there-is-no-hope",
      "text": "When there is no hope in the future, the present appears atrociously bitter.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "hope",
          "slug": "hope",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hope"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola#Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin_(1867%3B_1868)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-26T07:49:11"
    }
  ]
}