"You always get weirdos like Edward who seem to attract women for some reason. If Edward wasn’t a fictional character and you met him in reality he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga)

"Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them."
— Alice Sebold

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent"
— Victor Hugo

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. "
— Victor Hugo

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
— Victor Hugo

"To love another person is to see the face of God."
— Victor Hugo (Les Misérables)

"No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come."
— Victor Hugo

"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees."
— Victor Hugo

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."
— Victor Hugo

"People do not lack strength, they lack will."
— Victor Hugo

"Imagination is intelligence with an erection"
— Victor Hugo

"Fashions have done more harm than revolutions."
— Victor Hugo