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He felt indistinctly that the absolution of this priest was the greatest and most formidable attack he had ever sustained, that his hardened heart would be indefinite if he resisted this clemency, that if he surrendered, he would have to renounce the hatred which the actions of others had built up in his soul, and which pleased him, that this colossal defining struggle was between his evil and the good of this man.
— Apr 23, 2012 01:48AM
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Alwin
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The more I read this, the more I realise that the plot is incidental, well-executed, it is true, but always secondary to Hugo' prose.
Babylon violated lessens Alexander, Rome enchained lessens Caesar, Jerusalem murdered lessens Titus, tyranny follows the tyrant. It is a sadness for a man to leave behind him the night which bears his form.
— Jul 05, 2012 05:54PM
Babylon violated lessens Alexander, Rome enchained lessens Caesar, Jerusalem murdered lessens Titus, tyranny follows the tyrant. It is a sadness for a man to leave behind him the night which bears his form.
Alwin
is on page 246 of 992
He had on his face I know not what expression of suffering, happy and celestial, and he fixed his tranquil eye on Javert who watched him unblinkingly.
— Apr 29, 2012 02:39AM
Alwin
is on page 145 of 992
Not even a twentieth of the way through and I've already cried half a dozen times on the simple yet ineffably profound self-sacrifice of a man before his God, the inhumanity of legalism and the difference a gentle, act of kindness can make to the destiny of a man borne down by the weight of the law and 'justice'
— Apr 23, 2012 01:36AM
