Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

The line expresses a stoic, forward-looking faith in time’s power to outlast suffering: however overwhelming a period of grief, oppression, or despair may feel (“the darkest night”), it is not permanent. The image of sunrise frames hope not as wishful thinking but as a natural, cyclical certainty—darkness is real, yet it has an endpoint. In Hugo’s broader moral imagination, such language often aligns with his concern for the downtrodden and his belief in moral progress: endurance and solidarity through hardship are justified because change is possible. The quote’s enduring appeal lies in its simplicity and its promise of renewal without denying pain.