“ Hardly had the light been extinguished, when a peculiar trembling beganto affect the netting under which the three children lay.It consisted of a multitude of dull scratches which produced a metallics… Victor Hugo
“ The barber ran to the broken window, and saw Gavroche, who was running with all his might towards the Saint Jean market. On passing the barber's shop, Gavroche, who had the two children on his mind, c… Victor Hugo
“ Let us never fear robbers or murderers. They are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within… Victor Hugo
“ Grantaire, earthbound in doubt, loved to watch Enjolras soaring in the upper air of faith. He needed Enjolras. Without being fully aware of it, or seeking to account for it himself, he was charmed by… Victor Hugo
“ He sleeps. Although his fate was very strange, he lived. He died when he had no longer his angel. The thing came to pass simply, of itself, as the night comes when day is gone. Victor Hugo
“ In fact, had it been given to our eyes of theflesh to gaze into the consciences of others, we should beable to judge a man much more surely according to what hedreams, than according to what he thinks… Victor Hugo
“ Cosette was not very timid by nature. There flowed in her veins some of the blood of the bohemian and the adventuress who runs barefoot. It will be remembered that she was more of a lark than a dove.… Victor Hugo
“ Argot is both a literary and a social phenomenon. What is argot, properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery. Victor Hugo
