(1802-1885) French Romantic Writer [Victor Hugo at Amazon]
The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it’s boldness.
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, – and the stars through his soul.
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.