“A frightful exchange of metaphors took place between the maskers and the crowd.” — 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 Change Copy Share Image
At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry - Les Miserables — Victor Hugo Friendship 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 Another world Copy Share Image
“Liberation is not deliverance. One gets free from the galleys, but not from the sentence.” — Victor Hugo Freedom Copy Share Image
“Red is an all-embracing colour,' said the bishop. 'How fortunate that those who despise it in a bonnet revere it in a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that,… — Victor Hugo Fascination Copy Share Image
“Suffering engenders passion; and while the prosperous blind themselves, or go to sleep, the hatred of the unfortunate classes kindles its torch… — Victor Hugo Class struggle Copy Share Image
There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing. — Victor Hugo Behinds Copy Share Image
“The boughs, without becoming detached from the trunk grow away from it.” — Victor Hugo Family relationships Copy Share Image
When grace combines with wrinkles, it is admirable. There is an indescribable light of dawn about intensely happy old age. . .… — Victor Hugo Admirable Copy Share Image
“Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race has been… — Victor Hugo Human race Copy Share Image
What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love! — Victor Hugo Love Copy Share Image
“he was unshakably determined to demand of anyone or anything that wanted to force him to live, whoever and whatever they might… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the… — Victor Hugo Attributes Copy Share Image
“To sacrifice the world to paradise is to let slip the prey for the shadow.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
