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"The fly sits under a microscope and thinks it’s a horse."

"There is nothing so wonderful as foliage washed by the rain and dried by the sun – it is a warm freshness. The gardens and meadows, with water in their roots and sunshine in their flowers, become incense-holders, releasing all their fragrances at once. Everything smiles, sings, offers itself. You feel gently intoxicated. Springtime is a temporary paradise, the sun helps man to be patient"

"When love has melted and conjoined two beings in sacred and angelic unity, for them the secret of life has been discovered. They are but the two terms of the same destiny. They are but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, and you soar!"

Deep in the weeds. Endless philosophizing. Only 700 pages left.

Performative reading Victor Hugo in a Parisian cafe. But it's the Kindle edition so no locals have approached me yet. C'est la vie.