It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.

If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.

Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to use this silver to become an honest man.... Jean Valjean, my brother: you belong no longer to evil, but to good. It is your soul that I am buying for you. I withdraw it from dark thoughts and from the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God!

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.