Javert Quotes

9 quotes from 3 authors

Javert’s relentless pursuit of justice is captured in nine brief statements, each from a different perspective. A small set that still showcases varied interpretations of the character.

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“Youth is as easily wasted as a fine wine consumed by a drunken man. There is no poetry in aging, and Javert…

Kelsey Brickl

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“In the moment when the eyes of the two men met, Javert, without having moved or made the least gesture, became hideous.…

Victor Hugo

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“There was no justice in rebellion. This Javert had come to believe after seeing Marseille fall headfirst into the abyss of the…

Kelsey Brickl

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“Praying to the Almighty, Javert?” called a voice, and Javert opened his eyes to see Rousseau and Leclerc smirking at him. Javert…

Kelsey Brickl

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“Fire on the cavalry!” cried an officer from behind them. Javert raised his musket and glared with one open eye at the…

Kelsey Brickl

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“To be granite and to doubt! To be the statue of Chastisement cast in one piece in the mould of the law,…

Victor Hugo

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“One can say that Javert is our conscience. The ever lurking presence of the law and our own condemnation. The tension between…

Cristiane Serruya

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“Sometimes a revolution turns into an actual government, or at the very least an actual way of life that contrasts with days…

Kelsey Brickl

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“In his most thrilling military victory to date, Napoleon had defeated an Ottoman force eighteen thousand men strong at Aboukir. It had…

Kelsey Brickl

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