I was going to save my quotes until the end, but this is the chapter I’ve been waiting for. When Marius and Cosette first make eye contact in the Luxembourg Gardens.
“What was in the girl’s gaze on this occasion? Marius could not have said. Nothing and everything. It was a strange flash of brilliance…That first glance of a soul, as yet unknown to itself is like dawn breaking in the sky.”
— Dec 17, 2025 06:52PM
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