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

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Marius and Cosette were in the dark in regard to each other. They did not speak, they did not bow, they were not acquainted; they saw each other; and, like the stars in the sky separated by millions of leagues, they lived by gazing upon each other.

You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.

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

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

Love is the only future God offers.

He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.

I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves—say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.