Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.
Victor HugoThe supreme ordeal, let us say rather, the only ordeal, is the loss of the beloved being.
Victor HugoSuperstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts. A shade is not easily taken by the throat and destroyed.
Victor Hugo