My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I sh… - Victor Hugo

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My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo

Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame · April 10, 2001 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing.

The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.

To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.

My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo - Victor Hugo

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