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‘I say that, when something is beyond my comprehension, I am in the habit of not wasting any more time on it, but of turning to something else’

‘And now,’ said the stranger, ‘farewell, goodness, humanity, gratitude … Farewell all those feelings that nourish and illuminate the heart! I have taken the place of Providence to reward the good; now let the avenging God make way for me to punish the wrongdoer!’

he must return to life and take his place among men and in society, with the rank, influence and power that are bestowed in this world by wealth – that first and greatest of forces that a human being can control.

Having you close to me for as long as possible, hearing your eloquent voice as it enlightens my mind, re-tempering my soul, making my whole being capable of great and awe-inspiring deeds if ever I should be free, filling my mind and soul so thoroughly that the despair to which I was ready to give way when I met you can no longer find any place in them – this is my fortune. It is not a chimera.

to a happy man, a prayer is a monotonous composition, void of meaning, until the day when suffering deciphers the sublime language through which the poor victim addresses God.

Just reading about the misfortunes of the protagonist makes me grateful for the circumstances of my life. If he can persevere through his ordeals, there’s no reason for me to be bored and weak.

‘I promise that I shall do my duty as the crown prosecutor’s deputy conscientiously – that is to say, I shall be utterly pitiless.’ - de Villefort

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“A curse on those who fear wine: it’s because they have evil thoughts and they are afraid that wine will loosen their tongues.”

“Absence separates as effectively as death [...]”