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Okay, I'm done with it too. And I know that Phoebe had to return her book (I have to return mine tomorrow as well), but I'm excited to talk about it.

And since I won't be able to reference it later, I'll quote the two spots that I marked in the book (I'm not a very diligent marker):

"Perhaps there was a wealth of intelligence and tenderness behind their low brows, beneath their disheveled, lifeless hair. What are we in people's eyes, Maurice and I, other than two miserable employees? It's true in a way, but in another way, we are precious and unique. I know that too" (Jeanne Michaud, p. 53).

"If events as painful as defeat and mass exodus cannot be dignified with some sort of nobility, some grandeur, then they shouldn't happen at all! I will not accept that these shopkeepers, these caretakers, these filthy people with their whining, their malicious gossip, their vulgarity, should be allowed to debase this atmosphere of tragedy. Just look at them! Look at them! There they are again. They're honking at me, for goodness sake!" (Gabriel Corte, p. 61)

I guess I must have marked them because they're somewhat related. Anyway. Good read.