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TresAmusant · Book-Musical Question

Is the quote 'To love another person is to see the face of God' in the book and incorporated into the musical? I think it's just in the musical, but people say it's a quote from Victor Hugo, implying he said it/wrote it. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

MlleTholomy�s

I certainly don't remember reading it. So, no. Valjean just tells Cosette and Marius that he's glad they forgave him, and I think, that he loves her, and then, dead.

Rose Des Enfers

Hm. That got me really curious. On most sites, he is credited with the quote, but I can't find it anywhere on sights that give quotes with specific chapters/etc.

According to this site (http://www.qunl.com/rees0008.html), it is not Hugo, but a mix of a line John Gillespie Magee's sonnet "High Flight:"
"Oh I Have Slipped
The Surly Bonds of Earth...
Put Out My Hand
And Touched the Face of God"
& something from Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited ("to know and love another human being is the root of all wisdom") that was kind of blended to make the lyrics.

Hopefully The Very Angry Woman knows whether this is true or not...? I'm pretty intrigued now.

Orestes Fasting

As far as I know, this is the closest thing from the book that could correspond with that line:

"Dieu est derri�re tout, mais tout cache Dieu. Les choses sont noires, les cr�atures sont opaques. Aimer un �tre, c'est le rendre transparent."

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

From Marius's love letter to Cosette. Google informs me that the last sentence is cribbed from Racine, which I did not know. Hugo, you sneaky bastard.

TresAmusant	Book-Musical Question Is the quote 'To love another person is to see the face of God' in the book and incorporated into the musical? I think it's just in the musical, but people say it's a quote from Victor Hugo, implying he said it/wrote it. Can anyone help me out? Thanks!
MlleTholomy�s	I certainly don't remember reading it. So, no. Valjean just tells Cosette and Marius that he's glad they forgave him, and I think, that he loves her, and then, dead.
Rose Des Enfers	Hm. That got me really curious. On most sites, he is credited with the quote, but I can't find it anywhere on sights that give quotes with specific chapters/etc. According to this site (http://www.qunl.com/rees0008.html), it is not Hugo, but a mix of a line John Gillespie Magee's sonnet "High Flight:" "Oh I Have Slipped The Surly Bonds of Earth... Put Out My Hand And Touched the Face of God" & something from Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited ("to know and love another human being is the root of all wisdom") that was kind of blended to make the lyrics. Hopefully The Very Angry Woman knows whether this is true or not...? I'm pretty intrigued now.
Orestes Fasting	As far as I know, this is the closest thing from the book that could correspond with that line: "Dieu est derri�re tout, mais tout cache Dieu. Les choses sont noires, les cr�atures sont opaques. Aimer un �tre, c'est le rendre transparent." "God is behind everything, but everything hides God. Things are black, creatures are opaque. To love a being is to render that being transparent." From Marius's love letter to Cosette. Google informs me that the last sentence is cribbed from Racine, which I did not know. Hugo, you sneaky bastard.

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