
Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again, and great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. “You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

The asphyxia of the soul.” – Victor Hugo, bookġ0. “Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.” – Victor Hugo, bookĩ. ‘And yours?’ ‘My name is Cosette.’” – Victor Hugo, bookĨ. It seemed so natural to her that he should be there…When they had finished, when they had told each other everything, she laid her head on his shoulder, and asked him: ‘What is your name?’ ‘My name is Marius,’ he said. “She did not ask him did not even think where and how he had managed to get into the garden. ⌄ Scroll down to continue reading article ⌄ħ. “Yet why did I allow that man to touch my soul and teach me love? He treated me like any other, he gave me his trust, he called me brother.” – Jean Valjean, musical & film “Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.” – Victor Hugo, bookĦ. To die of love is to love by it.” – Victor Hugo, bookĥ. “You who suffer because you love, love still more. “The silver in my hand costs twice what I had earned in all those nineteen years, that lifetime of despair, and yet he trusted me.” – Jean Valjean, musicalĤ. Yet it is this way that love begins, and in this way only.” – Victor Hugo, bookĢ. “Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Here are just a few timeless lines from the book, musical, and films. It’s subsequent films have helped solidify Les Mis as a masterpiece of artistic creation.

Though the book is worth reading, the musical is what really brought out the story’s depth and stole our hearts. Set during the French Revolution, this tale depicts the vast suffering of France’s lower classes, and highlights a former prisoner’s attempts to bring love and justice back into daily life. Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is a timeless epic of love, loss, and revolution.
