Iconic Quotes and Aphorisms

From Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Hugo's prose is studded with epigrammatic declarations on love, God, revolution, and the human condition.
Volume V, Book 1, Chapter 20
He who does not weep does not see.
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Volume IV, Book 5, Chapter 4

'To love another person is to see the face of God.' (paraphrased in adaptations)

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Volume II, Book 7, Chapter 6

Reflections on prayer, the infinite, and the soul.

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Volume V, Book 1, Chapter 1
The book which the reader has now before his eyes...is a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice...from hell to heaven, from nothingness to God.
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