1,711 Quotes by Victor Hugo

To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee?

by making himself a priest made himself a demon.

I bear the dungeon within me; within me is winter, ice, despair; I have darkness in my soul.

She gave anyone who saw her a sensation of April and of dawn. There was dew in her eyes. Cosette was a condensation of auroral light in womanly form.

The joy which we inspire has this charming property, that, far from growing meagre, like all reflections, it returns to us more radiant than ever.

Os maus têm uma maneira sinistra de ser felizes.

Bewigged tragedy has a reason for its existence.

It combined corrupt simplicity with delicate ferocity, a curious variety of civilization; a tiger with a simper.

Desconfiemos. El pasado tiene un rostro : la superstición, y una máscara : la hipocresía. Denunciemos el rostro y arranquemos la máscara.