He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by …

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He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by showing it the grief which looks up to the stars. ✨ Victor Hugo (1863). Les misérables, p.16
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She worked in order to live, and presently fell in love, also in order to live, for the heart, too, has its hunger. ✨ Victor Hugo (1980). Les misérables, Viking Pr
A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground. ✨ Victor Hugo (1893). The Novels, Complete and Unabridged of Victor Hugo: Les misérables
A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn. ✨ Victor Hugo (1897). Selected Poems from the Edition Definitive
Need is a low door which, when we must by stern necessity pass through, forces the greatest to bend down the most. ✨ Victor Hugo (1901). Dramatic works: profusely illus. with wood engraving
No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child. ✨ Victor Hugo (1994). Les Miserables Volume One, p.380, Wordsworth Editions

He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by showing it the grief which looks up to the stars. ✨ Victor Hugo (1863). Les misérables, p.16

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