"There are moments when a rope's end,..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
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.
More by Victor Hugo
“Paris is a sum total. Paris is the ceiling of the human race. All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead and living manners and customs. He who sees Paris, seems to see all history through with the sky and constellations in the intervals.”
“Love is reducing the universe to one being.”
“By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.”
More on Survival
“You see, in this world, there's two kinds of people, my friend - those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.”
“It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage.”
“Do not despair of life. You have no doubt force enough to overcome your obstacles. Think of the fox prowling through wood and field in a winter night for something to satisfy his hunger. Notwithstanding cold and the hounds and traps, his race survives. I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide.”