“Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Before him he saw two roads, both equally straight; but he did see two; and that terrified him--he who had never in his life known anything but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty!”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.”
― Les Miserables
― Les Miserables
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