This is one of my all-time favorite books! I just picked it up again this summer and was reading through it again, so i thought that I would share some lines.
"Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! " [Edmond giving advice to Albert]
"Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught."
"Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself"
"There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope" [I would add...in God]
If you find yourself bored this summer, I would recommend reading this book, and others by Alexandre Dumas that I have read and enjoyed, namely, The Three Musketeers, the Man in the Iron Mask, and The Black Tulip.
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