Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved. - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

"Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal is terrifying to behold... brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it: nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds."

"Be happy without picking flaws."

"Not being heard is no reason for silence."

"If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring."

"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced."