“The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
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“Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“It's hard sometimes to remember why we do anything in the first place. It's nice to think there's a purpose, or even a real decision that turns everything in one direction, but that's not always true, is it? We just fall into our lives.”
― The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
― The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
“There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
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