The most terrible of motives and the most unanswerable of responses: Because. — Victor Hugo Motive Copy Share Image
“Mother's arms are made of tenderness, and sweet sleep blesses the child who lies within.” — Victor Hugo Children Copy Share Image
Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
A bit of mould is a pleiad of flowers; a nebula is an ant-hill of stars. — Victor Hugo Ants Copy Share Image
“The bureau is closed, said Gavroche. I'm receiving no more complaints.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Postoji razlika koja odvaja anđela s labudovim krilima od anđela s orlovskim krilima.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It is man's consolation that the future is to be a sunrise instead of a sunset. — Victor Hugo Consolation Copy Share Image
M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and… — Victor Hugo Fate Copy Share Image
What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do. — Victor Hugo Destiny Copy Share Image
“Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and grief! He who has not… — Victor Hugo Anguish Copy Share Image
Nobody knows like a woman how to say things at the same time sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all… — Victor Hugo Depth Copy Share Image
What's our baggage? Only vows, Happiness, and all our care, And the flower that sweetly shows Nestling lightly in your hair. — Victor Hugo Baggage Copy Share Image
“Let us enter equal complaint against stomachs and minds which do not eat. If there is anything more heart-breaking than a body… — Victor Hugo Hunger Copy Share Image
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be… — Victor Hugo Adversity Copy Share Image
Who then can calculate the path of the molecule? how do we know that the creations of worlds are not determined by… — Victor Hugo Chance Copy Share Image
In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is… — Victor Hugo French language Copy Share Image
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What… — Victor Hugo Action Copy Share Image
“He therefore turned to mankind only with regret. His cathedral was enough for him. It was peopled with marble figures of kings,… — Victor Hugo Kindness Copy Share Image
“Alas! that was the greatest of sacrifices, the most poignant of victories, the final step to be taken, but he must do… — Victor Hugo Sacrifice Copy Share Image
“The peasants of Asturias are convinced that in every litter of wolves there is one dog, which is killed by the mother… — Victor Hugo Lion 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 Cathedral Copy Share Image
“Then he withdrew in silence, but shaking his head as though inwardly exclaiming, “An Unbeliever.” No! low as I have fallen, I… — Victor Hugo Old man Copy Share Image
In the relations of man with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great… — Victor Hugo Animal Copy Share Image
