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“Love one another”

Why do men talk of civil war? Civil war? What does this mean? Is there any foreign war? Every war between men is a war between brothers. War is modified only by its aim. There is no foreign war, nor civil war. There is only unjust or just war. (and unjust war is simply called crime.)
-Book 13

Eight: Faith, Lore
“A few words more”

lol This guy! 🤣

Nine a century under a quimp
“Since we are dealing with the details of the convent Le Petit-Picpus and have dared to open a window upon that secluded asylum, the reader will pardon us another little digression foreign to the object of this book but characteristic and useful as it teaches us that the cloister itself has its original characters.”
This “please excuse another lengthy rabbit trail” is hilarious

End of Book 6: Jean Valjean as Madeleine uses his unique physical strength to jack a cart off a man. Javert is present to witness this event

After Jean Valjean ran away with the stolen silver, and then was saved by the bishop from the police in a grand, thoughtful gesture of grace, to say Valjean’s internal wrestle was mighty would be putting it lightly. His habits, his intellect, his confusion.

“There was one thing for certain, he was no longer the same man”