Victor Hugo

The sole social evil is darkness; humanity is identity, for all men are made of the same clay. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#inspirational #inspirational

The boughs, without becoming detached from the trunk grow away from it. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#family

Aimer ou avoir aimée, cela suffit. Ne demandez rien ensuite. On n'a pas d'autre perle à trouver dans les plis ténébreux de la vie. Aimer est un accomplissement. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love

Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a 'tragic end': he married. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#marriage #marriage

My fellow, you strike me at present as being situated in the moon, kingdom of dream, province of illusion, capital: Soap-Bubble. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#dreams

I have a dream my life would be. So different from this hell I'm living. So different now from what it seem. Now life has killed the dream I dreamed." *Fantine ↗

— Victor Hugo

#life #misery #musical #dreams

Dost thou understand? I love thee!" he cried again. "What love!" said the unhappy girl with a shudder. He resumed,--"The love of a damned soul. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love

There were corpses here and there and pools of blood. I remember seeing a butterfly flutter up and down that street. Summer does not abdicate. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#juxtaposition #revolution #death

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#belief #in-the-foxholes #skepticism #life

To love, or to have loved,—this suffices. Demand nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in the shadowy folds of life. To love is a fulfilment ↗

— Victor Hugo

#life