“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
[aggressively throws a copy of les misérables at your head] COSETTE IS ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL THEME AND PLOT OF LES MIS AND YOU SHOULD STOP REDUCING HER DOWN TO A ONE-DIMENSIONAL LOVE INTEREST BECAUSE YOU’RE COMPLETELY MISSING THE POINT OF HER CHARACTER
