“Memory is a gulf that a word can move to its lowest depths.”
― The Man Who Laughs
― The Man Who Laughs
“Nothing is so logical and nothing appears so absurd as the ocean.”
― The Man Who Laughs
― The Man Who Laughs
“Noise does not waken a drunkard; silence wakens him.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“The wolf had been trained by the man, or had trained himself unassisted, to divers wolfish arts, which swelled the receipts. "Above all things, do not degenerate into a man," his friend would say to him. Never did the wolf bite: the man did now and then. At least, to bite was the intent of Ursus. He was a misanthrope, and to italicize his misanthropy he had made himself a juggler. To live, also; for the stomach has to be consulted.”
― The Man Who Laughs
― The Man Who Laughs
“I'd like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don't know. It doesn't last, and it's good for nothing. You break your neck simply living.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
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