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“We pray together, we are afraid together, and then we go to sleep. Even if Satan came into the house, no one would interfere. After all, what is there to fear in this house? There is always one with us who is the strongest. Satan may visit our house, but the good Lord lives here.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!”
― victor hugos, Les Misérables

“Faith is necessary to men; woe to him who believes in nothing!”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. & great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves. & even loved in spite of ourselves.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“As for methods of prayer, all are good, as long as they are sincere.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Happiness wishes everybody happy.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.”
― Barack Obama