Les Misérables Youth Quotes

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Quote #10

You must live boldly each for the other, cling and caress, frantic only because you cannot do more. (5.6.2.22)

Gillenormand wants Marius and Cosette to appreciate their young love, because it's not going to last. Thanks, party pooper. In his mind, love—like everything else—fades as you get older. But who's to say it doesn't get replaced with something even better?