Victor Hugo1802–1885The quotations of
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician
1802–1885
38 quotes, most often on Love, History and Anti-Religion.
Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
- Les Misérables (1862), page 55, as translated by Charles Wilbour and provided by A.L. Bert Publishers
Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and of grief!
Les Misérables (1862), page 746, as translated by Charles Wilbour and provided by A.L. Bert PublishersThe father of a woman whom we love is never a stranger to us.
Les Misérables (1862), Volume III: Marius, Book Eighth: The Wicked Poor Man, Chapter XXIn contextYe who suffer because ye love, love yet more. To die of love, is to live in it.
Les Misérables (1862), Volume IV: Saint-Denis, Book Fifth: The End of Which Does Not Resemble the Beginning, Chapter IVIn context
