# Victor Hugo, "Les Miserables"

By [nimio](https://paragraph.com/@nimio) · 2022-07-24

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In adversity, the grief of looking down at the tomb is transformed into the emotion of looking up at the stars. --Victor Hugo, "Les Miserables"

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