“Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.”

“Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and grief! He who has not seen the things of this world, and the heart of men in this double light, has seen nothing, and knows noting of the truth.”

“God decreed that the love which came to Cosette was a love that saves.”

“Love is the only future God offers.”

“To love another person is to see the face of God.”

“What love commences can be finished by God alone.”

“God is behind everything, but everything hides God. Things are black, creatures are opaque. To love a being is to render that being transparent.”