Les Misérables Quotes

The best quotes from Victor Hugo's original masterpiece.

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To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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He was at the point, the last stage of despair when pain is no longer active; the soul, as it were, has grown numb.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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Unwitting innocence is sometimes more penetrating than cunning.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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He was no longer pale but deathly white, and instead of tears in his eyes there was a sort of tragic flame.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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When it's people you love, the words don't matter; the sound of their voices is enough.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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To love is an accomplishment.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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All I want is for everyone to be rich and happy.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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There is always a patch of blue sky to lovers, although the rest of the world may see nothing but their umbrellas.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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Last round of quotes all queued up!

Like most things, Les Miserables  has an end. Because I never intended to quote the entire work, I have only posted the absolute best. This means I do not think I will be posting anything else after the final ten quotes or so. I will leave this blog here as an archive until I decide what to do next. Thank you everyone for supporting me and this blog! It's been a great ride. 

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Love is the folly of men and the wisdom of God.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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Cosette and Marius saw one another again. What it meant to them we shall not attempt to say. There are things beyond description.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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To feel emotion was terrible. To be carved in stone, the very figure of chastisement, and to discover suddenly under the granite of our face something contradictory that is almost a heart. To return good for good that hitherto one had held to be evil; to see a pincer become a hand with fingers that parted. To let go! The man of action had lost his way.

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He was forced to admit that kindness existed.

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He contemplated with horror the rising of a new sun--an owl requiring to see with eagle's eyes.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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I am now onto my last two index cards of scribbled-down quotables from Les Miserables. This is incredible! Thank you to everyone who has joined my in appreciating this work. Last lap now!

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But his greatest anguish was the loss of certainty. He had been torn up by the roots. The code he lived by was in fragments in his hand.

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There are occasions when we find ourselves with an abyss on either side, and this was one of them.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables