The Count of Monte Cristo
It is a beautifully written book. Like an intricate piece of art, each word is carefully painted in order to precisely describe such a surreal storyline. The story is so engaging that I didn't want it to end -- I was hooked.
In trying to prolong the read, I made all efforts to absord each syllable as if trying to analyze every brush stroke in an unfathomable painting. But even the best of story has to end, this one is no exception.
...
"I cannot say that you are the only person that I love in the world, because I also love my sister and my brother-in-law; but my love for them is tranquil and calm, quite unlike the feeling that I have for you. When I think of you, my blood churns, my chest swells, my heart flows over."
...
"There is neither happiness nor misfortune in this world, there is merely the comparison between one state and another, nothing more. Only someone who has suffered the deepest misfortune is capable of experiencing the heights of felicity..."
"All human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'!"
- A few short excerpts from Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo
(one of my favorite books of all-time)
In trying to prolong the read, I made all efforts to absord each syllable as if trying to analyze every brush stroke in an unfathomable painting. But even the best of story has to end, this one is no exception.
...
"I cannot say that you are the only person that I love in the world, because I also love my sister and my brother-in-law; but my love for them is tranquil and calm, quite unlike the feeling that I have for you. When I think of you, my blood churns, my chest swells, my heart flows over."
...
"There is neither happiness nor misfortune in this world, there is merely the comparison between one state and another, nothing more. Only someone who has suffered the deepest misfortune is capable of experiencing the heights of felicity..."
"All human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'!"
- A few short excerpts from Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo
(one of my favorite books of all-time)