Victor Hugo quote: There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is ...

There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit.

~ Victor Hugo ~

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