A Living Thought

"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought." -Oliver Wendall Holmes

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.

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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (via thechocolatebrigade

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