Quotes by Victor Hugo
It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.
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How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.
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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children, the light of the sun, the sighing of the wind, and the gleam of the stars - all the beauties of creation.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
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Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.
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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
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Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties.
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
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