Philosophy should be an energy; it should find its aim and its effect in the amelioration of mankind.

It was SHE. Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meaning contained in the three letters of this word ‘she.

The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children.

If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66)

The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can't eat it.

Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man.