The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being.


Cosette (ed. 1862)

Victor Hugo Quotes

The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he...

The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he...

The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he...

The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he...