Quote by Victor Hugo

At that moment of love, a moment when passion is absolutely silent under omnipotence of ecstasy, Marius, pure seraphic Marius, would have been more…

— Victor Hugo

“Cosette, in her seclusion, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire. Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, was slowly bringing…

— Victor Hugo

“He fell to the seat, she by his side. There were no more words. The stars were beginning to shine. How was it that…

— Victor Hugo

“Magnificent. Beautiful. Glorious. Marius couldn’t believe such a woman still existed in all the kingdoms. The small taste of her blood on his tongue…

— Juliette Cross

“Throughout the month of May, every night, in that poor, wild garden, under that shrubbery, each day, more perfumed and dense, two human beings…

— Victor Hugo

“She let her head fall back upon Marius' knees and her eyelids closed. He thought that poor soul had gone. Eponine lay motionless; but…

— Victor Hugo

Marius was of the temperament that sinks into grief and remains there; Cosette was of the sort that plunges in and comes out again.

— Victor Hugo

“Observe the eyes, for they are the windows to her soul.”

— Habeeb Akande

“It so happens that this is particular love was precisely the sort best suited to the state of her soul. It was a sort…

— Victor Hugo

“She dropped her head again on Marius' knees, and her eyelids closed. He thought the poor soul had departed. Eponine remained motionless. All at…

— Victor Hugo

“She is entirely in her closed eyes, and quite alone with her soul, in the bosom of the most intimate attention... She feels in…

— Paul Valéry

“eyes: so transparently enslaved by the soul”

— Glen Duncan