At the end of life death is a departure; but at life's beginning a departure is death. Auteur: Victor Hugo Copy Quote More from Victor Hugo “The duty of the inn-keeper,is to sell to the first comer, stews, repose, light,…” “He had not lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at h…” “La pensée est le labeur de l’intelligence, la rêverie en est la volupté.” “An increase of tenderness always ended by boiling over and turning to indignati…”