Victor Hugo on love
“What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!”
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Toleration is the best religion.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo People do not lack strength, they lack will.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent
Victor HugoVictor Hugo When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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I said to my husband, ‘Why don’t you call out my name when we’re making love?’ He said, ‘I don’t want to wake you up.’
Joan RiversJoan Rivers In short, it’s almost impossible to totally done with someone you once loved with all your heart!
Mwanandeke KindemboMwanandeke Kindembo Grasping for empty promises creating hazards in the dark. Leaving a mess we can’t clean up all in the name of love.
Ana DeeAna Dee The new year means nothing if you’re still in love with your comfort zone.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin I don’t know where you are or who you are anymore but I’ll always remember us.
Helena DegnHelena Degn Hold me. Just hold me. And maybe in the morning I’ll be ready to love you.
Helena DegnHelena Degn Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too Dangerous For That.
HafezHafez Leaving was the hardest most liberating act of self preservation and self love I did.
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