More From Victor Hugo
- "Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come."
- "We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present."
- "Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees."
More In Experience
- "I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit."― John le Carre
- "Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?"― Lily Tomlin
- "We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience."― Brian Eno