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Today is the birthday of Victor-Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885), poet and novelist. He is best known for his novels, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent."
— Victor Hugo

"The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only."
— Victor Hugo

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
— Victor Hugo

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."
— Victor Hugo

"The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever."
— Victor Hugo

"No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come."
— Victor Hugo

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."
— Victor Hugo

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