Victor Hugo Quote

The water is supple because it is incompressible. It glides away from under the effort. Borne down on one side, it escapes on the other. It is thus that the water becomes a wave. The wave is its liberty.


Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood, The Toilers of the Sea


The water is supple because it is incompressible. It glides away from under the effort. Borne down on one side, it escapes on the other. It is thus...

The water is supple because it is incompressible. It glides away from under the effort. Borne down on one side, it escapes on the other. It is thus...

The water is supple because it is incompressible. It glides away from under the effort. Borne down on one side, it escapes on the other. It is thus...

The water is supple because it is incompressible. It glides away from under the effort. Borne down on one side, it escapes on the other. It is thus...