800 – “I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat was threadbare – there were holes at his elbows; the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul.”

–Victor Hugo

Quote Number:  859

Source: Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. Translated by Isabel F Hapgood. Thomas Y Crowell Company: New York. 1915. Pg 107. Online Here.

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