victor hugo

“ Woe, alas, to those who have loved only bodies, forms, appearances! Death will rob them of everything. Try to love souls, you will find them again. ”

“ Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical? ”

“ Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. ”

“ ... where there is no more hope, song remains. ”

“ She worked in order to live, and presently fell in love, also in order to live, for the heart, too, has its hunger. ”

“ Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow. ”

“ To think of shadows is a serious thing. ”

“ Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite. ”

“ Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them if only to avoid them. ”

“ Joy is the reflex of terror. ”