bhryun Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I'm trying (without success) to find the source of the Vistor Hugo quote from "The Shop Around the Corner". James Stewart is talking with Margaret Sullavan about her "fiance" near the end of the movie and she starts to quote something written in a letter from (him) and Jimmy completes it and says something like "He stole that from Victor Hugo". The quote ends with the words "blend as angels". All I can add is that I couldn't find a working writing instrument to jot it down fast enough and have had zero success searching for it on the internet. ANY help would be most appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Well, I've haven't read anything by Victor Hugo since I was in high school and that's longer than I'll admit, but I just looked at the end of the movie and the full quote is "True love is to be two and yet one. A man and a woman blended together as angels. Heaven itself." Perhaps if you do a Google search on Hugo you'll be able to find it. If you do let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 > Perhaps if you do a Google search on Hugo you'll be > able to find it. If you do let us know. Google was as prolific as Hugo himself seems to have been on the subject! The most hits, naturally, came from "Les Miserables" (Chapter 246, incidentally) -- "True love is in despair and is enchanted over a glove lost or a handkerchief found, ..." But for THIS quote, nada -- even following through all the pages returned. I THANK you most warmly, richly and appreciatively!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted September 5, 2005 Author Share Posted September 5, 2005 Hello, I'm not sure if you were still looking for the source of the quote. I was searching for it myself (for a film as lit class) and came across a similar quote from Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame: "Oh! love!" said she, and her voice trembled, and her eye beamed. "That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven." I found it online at the following site... http://www.online-literature.com/view.php/hunchback_notre_dame/14?term=to%20be%20two ...rather than in a hardcopy print, and so cannot vouch for its integrity. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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