Literary Quote #2--Les Misérables

Jean Valjean gave her this uncultivated garden. "Do whatever you like with it," he said to her. It delighted Cosette; she ransacked every thicket and turned over every stone, she looked for 'animals'; she played while waiting to dream; she loved this garden for the insects she found in the grass under her feet, until she would love it for the stars she could see in the branches over her head.

(Note: Well, it is rather hard to choose a favorite quote from a book as lengthly and wonderful as Les Miserables. But this is definitely one of the top selections on my list. One of the best descriptions of the passing from girlhood to womanhood that I have ever read.)