Time Quote by Victor Hugo

“Each time he uttered the word ‘Monsieur’ in his mild, compassionable voice, the man’s face lighted up. The courtesy, to the ex-convict, was like…

— Victor Hugo

“And long afterwards, in moments of the greatest merriment, there would rise before him the figure of the little clerk with the balding brow,…

— Gogol Nicolai

“So bring me this man, trembling and shivering from head to foot; let me fall into his arms or down at his knees; he…

— Victor Hugo

“Calm, gentle, passionless as he appeared, there was yet, we fear, a quiet depth of malice, hitherto latent, but active now, in this unfortunate…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“gentlemen, you are, as i am, in search of a woman who, must have passed this way, for i see a corpse.”

— Dumas, Alexandre

“the master of this person of an excellent disposition. And is remarkable in the ship for his gentleness,and the mildness of his disipline... added…

— Mary Shelley

“And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, thought it too: that a loveless world…

— Albert Camus

“A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords … but I spit upon your pity.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Monsieur Josserand died very quietly - a victim of his own honesty. He had lived a useless life, and he went off, worthy to…

— Émile Zola

“His face was so ravaged, it was like looking at death itself. Except for the smooth, silvered part of it. By creeping degrees, his…

— Robin Hobb

“I demand of you a thousand pardons, monsieur. I am without defence. For some months now I cultivate the marrows. This morning suddenly I…

— Agatha Christie

“Mr. Graven’s servant had arisen, and pulled off his dirty traveling cloak, revealing a suit of fashionable grey. He whipped off his hat, and…

— Stephen Joshua