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Again.

The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.

“I preferred the melancholy that hopes and aspires and searches to the one that despairs, mournful and stagnant.”

“He didn’t regret his choice of partner, but he wondered sometimes if their dreams looked anything alike.”

Volume 2- “Peevish about many things, more sensitive than all other mortals, and tormented by my poor hearing I often feel only pain in the society of others...” oh Ludwig, I feel you.

“It’s nothing to die. It’s dreadful not to live.”

“Not all of us will be cast in the greatest dramas. Someone has to remember them.”

Compared to what’s going on in the world right now, this book isn’t so miserable.

Finally. Past Waterloo. 😂

Seems like an appropriate time to revisit.

1/4 way into this story, Hugo decides to spend 45 pages retelling the battle at Waterloo. I am there now. It’s slow going.

2020- reading again, this time alone with Ethan, who wants to read for a book report. 🖤

I read this 30 years ago. Time for a re-read, and a nice new translation. 🖤

Can’t wait for Starless Sea, so thought I’d reread this. It’s as amazing as I remembered. 🖤

Best opener for a bio, ever: “My name is Edward Joseph Snowden. I used to work for the government, but now I work for the public. It took me nearly three decades to recognize that there was a distinction, and when I did, it got me into a bit of trouble at the office.”

Obligatory re-read before The Testaments comes out. 🖤

I don’t think I’m ever going to finish.