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Victor Hugo Quotes

«Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.»
«Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.»
Author: Victor Hugo (Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Sorrow | Keywords: fruit, limbs, sorrow, weak
«How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.»
«Puns are the droppings of soaring wits»
«It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.»
«A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.»
«The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.»
«It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.»
«Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.»
«Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.»

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