"Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh.












Death belongs only to God. What right have men to lay hands on a thing so unknown?

More Victor Hugo quotes
"So bring me this man, trembling and shivering from head to foot; let me fall into his arms or down at his knees; he will weep and we shall weep, he wi...
"You were right to come to see a dying man. It is right that these moments should have witnesses. Everyone has his dream; I would like to live till daw...
"There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold u...
"I see black light (his last words)
"Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
"Does there exist an Infinity outside ourselves? Is that infinity One, immanent and permanent, necessarily having substance, since He is infinite and i...
"Good night! Good night!Far flies the light;But still God's loveShall shine above,Making all bright,Good night! Good night!
"To love another person is to see the face of God.
"What is more melancholy and more profound than to see a thousand objects for the first and the last time? To travel is to be born and to die at every ...
"Love is the only future God offers.
"On coming out of the chapel, a well can be seen on the left. There are two in this yard. You ask, Why is there no bucket and no pulley to this one? Be...
"Without seeking to comprehend the incomprehensible, he gazed upon it. He did not study God; he was dazzled by Him.
"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
"He did not seek to efface pain in forgetfulness, he sought to elevate it and to dignify it with hope. He would say, "Be careful how you turn to the de...