Victor Hugo

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#bending #beneath #bird #branch #feels

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. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#coat #elbows #hat #his #i

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#makes #men #monsters #prosperity

To love another person is to see the face of God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#face #god #love #person #see

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#fifty #forty #old #old age #youth

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#done #fashions #harm #more #revolutions

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#her #listen #says #she #talking

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#brother #father #friend #heart #heaven

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#art #dear #flesh #god #how

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#busy #busy life #carries #day #every