Victor Hugo

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is read more

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this way that mortals become angels. It is not their fault; they do not know how to set about it otherwise. This hell from which you have come out is the first step towards Heaven. We must begin by that. -- Jean Valjean --

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children.

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.

Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.