It is painful to break the sad links to the past Author: Victor Hugo Copy Quote More from Victor Hugo “Catastrophes have a somber way of arranging things.” “Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only …” “When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the s…” “Could the word ‘iron’ be the root from which ‘irony’ is derived?”