A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn.
Victor HugoHere we stop. Upon the threshold of wedding nights stands an angel smiling, his finger on his lip.
Victor HugoAs a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.
Victor HugoHe caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her up, though tottering himself. He felt as if his head were filled with smoke; flashes of light slipped through his eyelids; his thoughts vanished; it seemed to him that he was performing a religious act, and that he was committing a profanation. Moreover, he did not feel one passionate desire for this ravishing woman, whose form he felt against his heart. He was lost in love.
Victor Hugo