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“The peculiarity of a language which is desirous of saying all yet concealing all is that it is rich in figures. Metaphor is an enigma, wherein the thief who is plotting a stroke, the prisoner who is arranging an escape, take refuge.”
― Les Miserables
― Les Miserables
“one felt the sacred intimacy of the birds and the trees; by day the wings rejoice the leaves, by night the leaves protect the wings.”
― Les Miserables
― Les Miserables
“The attempt has been made, and wrongly, to make a class of the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie is simply the contented portion of the people. The bourgeois is the man who now has time to sit down. A chair is not a caste.”
― Les Miserables
― Les Miserables
“The wretchedness of a child interests a mother, the wretchedness of a young man interests a young girl, the wretchedness of an old man interests no one.”
― Les Miserables
― Les Miserables
“In the first place, the direct creation of words. Therein lies the mystery of tongues. To paint with words, which contains figures one knows not how or why, is the primitive foundation of all human languages, what may be called their granite.”
― Les Miserables
― Les Miserables
Liz’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Liz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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