“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The soul of the just contemplates in sleep a mysterious heaven.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“To love another person is to see the face of God.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“No one is poor who has enough.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Even the wolves are not what they seem.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Even in the darkest corners, there is always hope.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The only way to deal with the past is to accept it, and then let it go.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“When you have nothing to do, you start to think, and thinking leads to despair.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The heart is the same as the stomach. What’s in it, comes out.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The truth is, I never left you.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“What is love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“There is a point at which the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a fatal word, Les Misérables.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“To love another person is to see the face of God.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Even the wolves are not what they seem.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
These are 26 quotes from Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables,” each offering a glimpse into the themes of love, hope, despair, and the human spirit that are prevalent throughout the novel.
