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Quotation from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

“To love, or to have loved,—this suffices. Demand nothing more.”

Victor Hugo (spoken by Narrator)

Les Misérables, Volume V, Book 6, Chapter II, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood

Portrait of Victor Hugo

A meditation on love set among the preparations for Marius and Cosette's wedding.

Citation: "To love, or to have loved,—this suffices. Demand nothing more." — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Volume V, Book 6, Chapter II, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id les-miserables-q6)

Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.

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