Disclaimer: I don't own Les Miserables (The book in this case). This is from Marius point of view after he found out Valjean was dying.
There is a moment for everyone in every relationship where things change. There is a moment where something happens. It's not always a bad thing. Sometimes however it is a bad thing. When I found out that the father of my beloved was dying I realized how foolish I was to cut ties with him. Cosette missed him so much and finding out how ill he was and realizing that he was the reason I'm alive I feel horrible that I kept him from her and her from him. To spare her feelings I told her that he wasn't doing very well and had to go away. She was understandably upset but she was alright. Now it was time to bring them together.
"It's you who must forgive a thoughtless fool," I told him, "It's thanks to you that I'm still alive and I was too blind to see that."
I whispered it into his ear so my beloved would not know the horrors of her past.
"Do not," he said, "Be so down on yourself. Marius remember one thing I learned above all else. Whenever the question seems impossible the answer is love. Never resort to anything save love."
That was the last time we saw Jean Valjean and that was a lesson I would always remember. Love is the answer. If only I could figure out... to what question.