One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea f…

Victor Hugo
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One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult
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