“You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.”

—  Victor Hugo, book Les Misérables

Source: Les Miserables

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French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885

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