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“Youth is as easily wasted as a fine wine consumed by a drunken man. There is no poetry in aging, and Javert lived out the process in its most hideous iteration.”

Book:Wolves and Urchins: The Early Life of Inspector Javert

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“Then, with a demonic and sensual pleasure, he settled down to enjoy himself. He played his man knowing that he had him, deliberately postponing the climax, granting him a last illusion of freedom, relishing the situation like a spider with a fly buzzing in its web or a cat letting a mouse run between its paws — the ecstasy of watching those last struggles!”

Javert

Book:Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

“Praying to the Almighty, Javert?” called a voice, and Javert opened his eyes to see Rousseau and Leclerc smirking at him. Javert tipped his head and said to the others, "If I was, it would be awfully rude to interrupt my prayer, don’t you think? But, no, Leclerc. I find no solace in speaking with an imaginary puppeteer.” Rousseau, who was twenty-five and utterly dim of mind, frowned at Javert’s words. Javert rolled his eyes and sighed, "I don’t pray.”

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Book:Wolves and Urchins: The Early Life of Inspector Javert

Source: Wolves and Urchins: The Early Life of Inspector Javert

“There is a kind of thrill known to only two creatures on earth — the mother who recovers her child and the tiger who recovers its prey.”

Javert

Book:Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

“Time heals nothing if you waste it.”

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Author:Tamerlan Kuzgov

“El futuro, cuando suceda, lo oirás. De momento déjalo correr, no llores antes de hora, pues claramente llegará con los rayos de la aurora.”

Futuro Esquilo Orestiada

Book:Tragedias

Source: Tragedias

“Qué hermosa ingenuidad la de aquel que a pesar de mil decepciones, todavía cree. La de aquel que aún confía en la bondad y en el amor.”

Ingenuidad

Author:Ignacio Novo

“Nunca había pensado que la gente de la ciudad fuera así. Todos parecían quererlo y protegerlo.”

Ingenuidad

Book:The Adventures of a Photographer in La Plata

Source: The Adventures of a Photographer in La Plata

“Hay gente que hace de su ingenuidad su bote de navegación por el mar tormentoso.”

Ingenuidad

Book:Queridos niños

Source: Queridos niños

“Pero la vida de los seres humanos es un infierno y lo cierto es que en este mundo hay poca ducha y muchas desgracias.”

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Book:Ocho escenas de Tokio

Source: Ocho escenas de Tokio

“(...) pero la desdicha tambien forma parte del destino.”

Desesperanza

Book:Ocho escenas de Tokio

Source: Ocho escenas de Tokio

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