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date: 15 May 2025

Victor Hugo 1802–85
French poet, novelist, and dramatist 

  1. A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
    Histoire d'un Crime (written 1851–2, published 1877) pt. 5, sect. 10
  2. A mother's arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.
    Les Misérables (1862)
  3. Take away time is money, and what is left of England? take away cotton is king, and what is left of America?
    Les Misérables (1862)
  4. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
    Les Misérables (1862)
  5. Popularity? It is glory's small change.
    Ruy Blas (1838)