God is behind everything, but everything hides God. Things are black, creatures are opaque. To love a being is to render that being transparent. - Victor Hugo

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God is behind everything, but everything hides God. Things are black, creatures are opaque. To love a being is to render that being transparent.

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About Victor Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement, widely esteemed as one of the greatest of French writers and poets.

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Alternative Names: Victor Marie Hugo Homme océan Ocean Man Victor-Marie Hugo
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