As for the author, he is profoundly unaware of what the classical or romantic genre might consist of.... In literature, as in… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation, which, in the face of civilisation, artificially… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn."… — Victor Hugo 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
“One may, in a case of exigency, introduce the reader in to a nuptial chamber, not into a virginal chamber. Verse would… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“So long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this cannot be useless.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“To learn to read is to light a fire;every syllable spelled out is a spark.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He had a small but well stocked library. He loved books; books are a remote but reliable friend.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation which, in the midst of civilization, artificially… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The author creates a book and the people accept or not accept it. The creator of a book is an author and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“There is still a certain grace in a dead festival. It has been happy.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“First I loved women, then animals, and now I love stones. They're just as amusing as women and animals and they're much less trecherous.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Loving in ignorance, she loved with all the more passion. She did not know whether it was good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
