“No queda más remedio: tienen que existir quienes rezan siempre por quienes no rezan nunca” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“There is always a patch of blue sky to lovers, although the rest of the world may see nothing but their umbrellas.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Never, even among animals, does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey. That is only seen among men.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Querer prohibir a la imaginación que vuelva a una idea es lo mismo que prohibir al mar que vuelva a la playa.… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“I wanted to see you again, touch you, know who you were, see if I would find you identical with the ideal… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Il giorno in cui una donna che vi passa davanti sprigiona luce camminando, siete perduto, amate. Non vi rimane da far altro… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“During the years of suffering he reachd the conclusion that life was war in which he was one of the defeated. Hatred… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“There was no justice in rebellion. This Javert had come to believe after seeing Marseille fall headfirst into the abyss of the… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
“We have here very high towers; a man who should fall from one would be dead before he touched the pavement; when… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The judge speaks in the name of justice,' he said. 'The priest speaks in the name of pity, which is only a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The barber ran to the broken window, and saw Gavroche, who was running with all his might towards the Saint Jean market.… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He was fine; he, that orphan that foundling that outcast; he felt himself august and strong; he looked full in the face… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Let us never fear robbers or murderers. They are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Since they weren't sleepy and nothing had been left unsaid, they began to read poetry to each other, taking turns like children… — Assia Djebar Copy Share Image
“Victor Hugo continues to be popular today not because of his multivolume works, which people may never have time or patience to… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
“Praying to the Almighty, Javert?” called a voice, and Javert opened his eyes to see Rousseau and Leclerc smirking at him. Javert… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
“The book the reader has now before his eyes - from one end to the other, in its whole and in its… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Let no one misunderstand our idea; we do not confound what are called 'political opinions' with that grand aspiration after progress with… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Hardly had the light been extinguished, when a peculiar trembling began to affect the netting under which the three children lay. It… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“If there is anything terrible, if there exists a reality which surpasses dreams, it is this: to live, to see the sun,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“There, at a depth to which divers would find it difficult to descend, are caverns, haunts, and dusky mazes, where monstrous creatures… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“While through the working of laws and customs there continues to exist a condition of social condemnation which artificially creates a human… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“To sum up: all nature-spirits are not the same as fairies; nor are all fairies nature-spirits. The same applies to the relationship… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
“The presence of this extraordinary being caused, as it were, a breath of life to circulate throughout the entire cathedral. It seemed… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“In his most thrilling military victory to date, Napoleon had defeated an Ottoman force eighteen thousand men strong at Aboukir. It had… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
“And if you wish to receive of the ancient city an impression with which the modern one can no longer furnish you,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Just imagine! In the early nineteenth century, this cathedral was in such a state of disrepair that the city considered tearing it… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“She let her head fall back upon Marius' knees and her eyelids closed. He thought that poor soul had gone. Eponine lay… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Usually, the murmur that rises up from Paris by day is the city talking; in the night it is the city breathing;… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
