How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill?…

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

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

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

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Laughter brings you to reality as it is.

Laughter brings you to reality as it is.

I love people who can make me laugh when I don't even want to smile.

I love people who can make me laugh when I don't even want to smile.