The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters … - Victor Hugo

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The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.

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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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Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

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From the depths of the gloom wherein you dwell, you do not see much more distinctly than we the radiant and distant portals of Eden. Only, the priests are mistaken. These holy portals are before and not behind us.

The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him. - Victor Hugo

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