Victor Hugo. The man who laughs (№ 457582)

To say to any other woman, any other blind woman, except Deya: “I am very ugly in appearance,” was dangerous. To be blind and, moreover, in love means to be doubly blind. In such a state, daydreaming awakens with particular force. Illusion is the daily bread of dreams; To take away an illusion from love is the same as to deprive it of food. For love to arise, admiration of both the soul and the body is necessary. In addition, you should never tell a woman anything that is difficult for her to understand. She begins to think about it, and often her thoughts take a bad turn. The riddle destroys the integrity of the dream. The shock caused by a carelessly dropped word entails a deep crack in what has already grown together. Sometimes it happens, one doesn’t even know how, that under the influence of a randomly thrown phrase, the heart gradually becomes empty, unbeknownst to itself. A loving being notices that its level of happiness has decreased. There is nothing more terrible than this slow disappearance of happiness through the walls of a cracked vessel.