The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo
Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. – Victor Hugo
A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. – Victor Hugo
If the day and night be such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more immortal — that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden