As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest sourcethat nature can offer. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“But the work of the wise is one thing and the work of the merely clever is another.” — Victor Hugo Clever Copy Share Image
They say love is blindness of heart; I say not to love is blindness. — Victor Hugo Blindness Copy Share Image
“Mais où sont les neiges d'antan? But where are the snows of years gone by?” — Victor Hugo Flower Copy Share Image
“The nourishment of the people is a good object; to massacre them is a bad means.” — Victor Hugo Massacre Copy Share Image
His whole life was now summed up in two words: absolute uncertainty within an impenetrable fog. — Victor Hugo Doubt Copy Share Image
“Love is a fault; so be it. Fantine was innocence floating high over fault.” — Victor Hugo Innocence Copy Share Image
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognized: that the human race has been harshly… — Victor Hugo Fiction Copy Share Image
“Whither will suffering lead me? To nothingness; but I shall have suffered. Whither will enjoyment lead me? To nothingness; but I shall… — Victor Hugo Nothingness Copy Share Image
“They were moments when she was suddenly reminded of her child, and perhaps also of the man she had loved; the breaking… — victor hugo Children Copy Share Image
“So you're giving up? That's it? Okay, okay. We'll leave you alone, Quasimodo. We just thought, maybe you're made up of something… — Victor Hugo Life and living Copy Share Image
“When your day has been teeming with different sensations, when you have things on your mind, you can get to sleep to… — Victor Hugo Psychology Copy Share Image
O darkness, the sky is a gloomy precinct Whose door you close, and whose key the soul owns; And night divides itself… — Victor Hugo Angel Copy Share Image
“A beautiful woman is a casus belli; a pretty woman is flagrant misdemeanour. All the invasions of history have been determined by… — Victor Hugo Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
“The poor priest went to his poor mountaineers with empty hands, and he returns from them with his hands full. I set… — Victor Hugo Empty hands Copy Share Image
“All has happened to her that will happen to her. She has felt everything, borne everything, experienced everything, suffered everything, lost everything,… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
“Counterfeits of the past, under new names, may easily be mistaken for the future. The past, that ghostly traveler, is liable to… — Victor Hugo Time Copy Share Image
“Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? Oh my brothers, this is the junction between… — Victor Hugo Barricade Copy Share Image
“When the nettle is young, the leaves make excellent greens; when it grows old it has filaments and fibers like hemp and… — Victor Hugo Humanity Copy Share Image
“There exists yonder in the mountains," said the Bishop, "a tiny community no bigger than that, which I have not seen for… — Victor Hugo Christianity Copy Share Image
“He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time, especially in that… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Ah! There you are! he exclaimed, looking at Jean Valjean. I'm so glad to see you. Well, but how is this? I… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
