May 6, 2023
He had nothing of the prophet and nothing of the magician about him. This humble soul loved, and that was all.
- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)
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He had nothing of the prophet and nothing of the magician about him. This humble soul loved, and that was all.
- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)
Did a voice whisper in his ear that he had just passed the solemn hour of his destiny; that there no longer remained a middle course for him; that if he were not henceforth the best of men, he would be the worst; that it behooved him now, so to speak, to mount higher than the Bishop, or fall lower than the convict; that if he wished to become good, he must become an angel; that if he wished to remain evil, he must become a monster?
- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)
This soul is full of shadow; sin is therein committed. The guilty one is not the person who has committed the sin, but the person who has created the shadow.
- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)
“What matters it what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)
Happy Barricade Day, just so no one forgets that I’m a fucking nerd who never left this fandom.
“Vive la. . .” in Les Miserables
“Vive la joie!” – Gavroche (during Lamarque’s funeral march), 4.11.2
“Vive la Pologne!” – Feuilly, 4.11.4
“Vive la Révolution! Vive la République!” – Mabeuf (before his death), 4.14.2
“Vive la France! Vive l'avenir!” – Jean Prouvaire, 4.14.5
“Vivent les peuples!” – Feuilly, 5.1.2
“Vive la mort!” – all those at the Barricade, 5.1.4
“Vive la République!” – Grantaire, 5.1.23
“Vive la République!” – M. Gillenormand (when Marius was recovering), 5.5.2
“Vive la femme!” – M. Gillenormand (at the wedding), 5.4.2
He was, himself, moreover, composed of two elements which were, to all appearance, incompatible. He was ironical and cordial. His indifference loved. His mind could get along without belief, but his heart could not get along without friendship. A profound contradiction, for affection is a conviction.
Les Miserables III, IV, I
Liberté égalité fraternité ou la mort
"…to conquer the world twice, by conquest and by dazzling, that is sublime: and what greater thing is there?"
"To be free,"
- Les Miserables III.IV.V