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> [“exquisite--such was Fantine; and beneath these feminine adornments and these ribbons one could divine a statue, and in that statue a soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/exquisite-such-was-fantine-and-beneath-these-feminine-adornments-and/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/we-may-remark-in-passing-that-to-be-blind-and-beloved-may-in-this/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/let-us-say-it-now-to-be-blind-and-to-be-loved-is-indeed-upon-this/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/we-may-remark-in-passing-that-to-be-blind-and-beloved-may-in-this-2/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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## Other authors on Exquisite

## More by Victor Hugo

> [Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/houses-are-like-the-human-beings-that-inhabit-them/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“There is still a certain grace in a dead festival. It has been happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/there-is-still-a-certain-grace-in-a-dead-festival-it-has-been-happy/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/he-caught-her-she-fell-he-caught-her-in-his-arms-he-held-her-tightly/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/first-i-loved-women-then-animals-and-now-i-love-stones-they-re-just/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/nature-is-pitiless-she-never-withdraws-her-flowers-her-music-her/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/have-courage-for-the-great-sorrows-of-life-and-patience-for-the-small/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-peasants-of-the-asturias-believe-that-in-every-litter-of-wolves/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/great-blunders-are-often-made-like-large-ropes-of-a-multitude-of/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/for-love-is-like-a-tree-it-grows-of-itself-it-send-its-roots-deep/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/blacheville-smiles-with-the-self-satisfied-smugness-of-a-man-whose/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“Loving in ignorance, she loved with all the more passion. She did not know whether it was good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/loving-in-ignorance-she-loved-with-all-the-more-passion-she-did-not/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/laughter-is-the-sun-that-drives-winter-from-the-human-face/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“Our joys have shadows. The perfect smile belongs to God alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/our-joys-have-shadows-the-perfect-smile-belongs-to-god-alone/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [“When those we love are in question, our prudence invents every sort of madness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/when-those-we-love-are-in-question-our-prudence-invents-every-sort-of/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

> [Love is a fault; so be it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/love-is-a-fault-so-be-it/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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