"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come."

- VICTOR HUGO

"Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings."

- VICTOR HUGO

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

-VICTOR HUGO

"I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes—and the stars through his soul."

-VICTOR HUGO

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace."

-VICTOR HUGO