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City of Lights: The Trials and Triumphs of Ilyse Charpentier

Book by Melika Dannese Lux · 5 quotes · Ilyse Charpentier, City Of Lights, Freedom

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“Do you often wonder,” she continued, desperately hoping her questions would win Vasily over, “what might have been had his gaze fallen upon some other miserable wretch? Yes, you would have been destitute, starving in the streets, scraping for your next meal…but even beggars are free.”