Quote by Victor Hugo

“Slowly, slowly, his soul was filled with bitterness at the fact that he had stood a step away from enlightenment, from the most real…

— Dmitry Glukhovsky

“You let me handle Marius," I said. "Now, you didn't come without you dagger." "No, I did not," he said, lifting his cloak to…

— Anne Rice

“Marius had never understood the notion of blind loyalty. He had served everyone from kings and caliphs to head dishwasher at the local brothel,…

— Lee Battersby

Many times I've called for Marius, but there was no answer. Just the endless procession of days, months, years... My teacher left me to…

— Stuart Townsend

“But a light now waxed within him at the knowledge that such wonders as he had been shown could exist.”

— Sylvia Engdahl

“Sometimes, beautiful as Cosette was, Marius shut his eyes in her presence. The best way to look at the soul is through closed eyes.”

— Victor Hugo

“Armand Gamache had always held unfashionable beliefs. He believed the light would banish the shadows. That kindness was more powerful than cruelty, and that…

— Louise Penny

“For Armand Gamache knew what not-nice was. He knew what cruelty, despair, horror were. And he knew what a forgotten, and precious quality 'nice'was.”

— Louise Penny

“I understand better the meaning of his stare, that could not see the flame of the candle, but was wide enough to embrace the…

— Joseph Conrad

“He comes with those in his employ, to watch, gathering evidence and confession. His success speaks of a countryside rife with evil, an intemperate…

— Becky Wright

“With much interest I sat watching him. Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face--at least to my taste--his countenance yet had…

— Herman Melville

“But I didn't see it. I believed him unchanging, a stone in all good senses of the word, solid, dependable, something and someone you…

— Ally Condie