“This is the battle between day and night… I see black light.”

— Victor Hugo

C'est ici le combat du jour et de la nuit... Je vois de la lumière noire.
Last words (1885-05-22); quoted in Olympio, ou la vie de Victor Hugo by André Maurois (1954)

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C'est ici le combat du jour et de la nuit… Je vois de la lumière noire.

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French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885

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