....are just too beautiful never to be read again.
"It had rained the night before and even a little that morning,
but in June downpours are of no account.
You hardly notice,
an hour after a storm,
that the beautiful bright day earlier had shed tears.
In summer the ground dries
as fast as a child's cheek.
Nothing is as wonderful as green foliage washed by the rain and dried by the sun;
it is like freshness served hot.
Gardens and meadows,
with water in their roots and sunshine in their flowers,
turn into incense burners and smolder away;
releasing all their perfume at once.
Everything laughs and sings and offers itself.
You feel sweetly drunk.
Spring is a taste of paradise;
the sun helps human beings to bide their time."
from..."Les Miserables."
Victor Hugo.
His descriptions are masterpieces.
Oh me Oh my....
what can I read now that will ever measure up to this?
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