Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.

—Victor Hugo

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

—Victor Hugo

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

—Victor Hugo

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

—Victor Hugo

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

—Victor Hugo

So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved by thee.

—Robert Browning

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

—W. H. Auden

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

—Libba Bray in The Sweet Far Thing

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

—Pindar

We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld