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With his stubbled jaw, he resembled a bull seal who'd been washed up by the tide.

uncontrollable little nests of miscellany. He

That what I have is not women's intuition but a finely honed copper's instinct for when things aren't right.

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La nouvelle prose, c'est l'événement, le combat lui-même, et non sa description. Un document, la participation directe de l'auteur aux événements de la vie. Une prose vécue, en document.

I'm dressed appropriate for the season mama, I'm dressed appropriately for the season.

the world of the human soul suddenly seemed so vast as to make even the raging war seen insignificant.

That is to say that at the heart of existence is that double negation, "one can not, not.

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You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.

The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.

So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.

Ah, cried Gavroche, what does this mean? It rains again! ...If this continues, I withdraw my subscription.

Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.

Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character, 'Tis the fault of Voltaire; Misery is my trousseau 'Tis the fault of Rousseau.] - Gavroche

At the side of Enjolras, who represented the logic of revolution, was Combeferre, representing its philosophy. The difference between logic and philosophy is that one can decide upon war, whereas the other can only be fulfilled by peace.

Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a 'tragic end': he married.

The bureau is closed, said Gavroche. I'm receiving no more complaints.

Nothing is small, in fact; any one who is subject to the profound and penetrating influence of nature knows this.

See Monsieur Geborand, buying a pennyworth of paradise.

Monsieur, innocence is its own crown. Innocence has no truck with highness. It is as august in rags as it is draped in the fleur-de-lis.

There are instincts which respond to all the chance meetings in life. The little girl was not afraid.