Les Misérables

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Quotes from Les Misérables

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"Sacrifice is the truest expression of love."
Fantine Love
J
"The past shapes us, but need not define us."
Jean Valjean Change
J
"Every person deserves to be treated with dignity, regardless of station."
Jean Valjean Justice
J
"A single act of kindness can change a life forever."
Jean Valjean Kindness
J
"Love transcends all boundaries of class and circumstance."
Jean Valjean Love
M
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action despite fear."
Marius Pontmercy Courage
J
"To forgive is not to forget; it is to remember without hatred."
Jean Valjean Peace
C
"Love is the only thing that grows when divided."
Cosette Love
J
"Virtue has a face and a voice; it is called mercy."
Jean Valjean Wisdom
E
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."
Eponine Hope
M
"In the depths of winter, I finally learned there was an invincible summer within me."
Marius Pontmercy Hope
J
"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Jean Valjean Faith
F
"Music expresses that which cannot be said in words and that which cannot remain silent."
Fantine Music
J
"I have conquered myself."
Jean Valjean Courage
C
"I knew nothing of heaven, and I was in paradise."
Cosette Love
F
"I sell my teeth."
Fantine
F
"You have taken from me all that I had."
Fantine
J
"What have I done? I'm a brute beast."
Jean Valjean
J
"I am nobody. But I have become somebody for a moment."
Jean Valjean
J
"Pity is not something you give the dead. Pity is something you give the living."
Jean Valjean
J
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."
Jean Valjean Strength
F
"Sacrifice is the price of love."
Fantine Love
J
"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."
Jean Valjean Hope
J
"Do you know what you are? You are an accident of fate, blown about by the winds of chance."
Javert
J
"Forgiveness is the polish that removes the dull surface."
Jean Valjean
J
"Pity is not a sentiment of superiority."
Jean Valjean Kindness
J
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Javert Justice
M
"To love is to risk oneself entirely."
Marius Pontmercy Love
J
"In the depths of despair, a man may find his greatest strength."
Jean Valjean Perseverance
J
"What is this secret path? Where does it lead?"
Javert