Book resembling story based on this quote “Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky,

Have read crime and punishment, i did not hate it nor liked it. had no feelings.
Read Khalil Gibran, read the kite runner, many other popular novel, some classic some modern classic always had a feeling of joy, few life lesson gain, something like that but crime and punishment just felt numb. It was like "hmm" sad.

Can't get this quote out of my head.

Can you share if any novel that resembles story. Similar to this quote.
Maybe a main character or some side character had everything in his hand but slip through his finger from sheer cowardice.