Quotes from Suzanne Uber

a social deformity perhaps more hideous than the evil rich man: the evil poor.

Though Marius has been poor for the past five years, he has not known real misery.

His rough treatment of his daughter and servants and his interference in the relationship between Marius and his father make Gillenormand the villain.

nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor; it is a habit lost. A habit easy to abandon, difficult to resume.