The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

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"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

- Victor Hugo

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"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

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"What is love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul."

- Victor Hugo

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"Intoxications of life's morning! Enchanted years! The wing of a dragonfly trembles! Oh, reader, whoever you may be, do you have such memories?"

- Victor Hugo

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"Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots."

- Victor Hugo

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"The spell will be broken, the Beast will cease to exist, and I will become a prince once more, if she can learn to love and be loved in return."

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