#hugo

Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #stars #strangers #victor-hugo #love

You could make me say it again," he whispered. "Make me say it always. Make me say it so often that you never have cause to doubt. I love you. ↗

— Courtney Milan

#romance #serena #love

Not since North Korean media declared Kim Jong-il to be the reincarnation of Kim Il Sung has there been such a blatant attempt to create a necrocracy, or perhaps mausolocracy, in which a living claimant assumes the fleshly mantle of the departed. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #exhumation #hugo-chavez #kim-il-sung #kim-jong-il

But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death-penalty #punishment #the-last-day-of-a-condemned-man #vengeance #victor-hugo

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. ↗

— James Welch

#also #anyone #become #bit #could