DAY 216

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo · 1831
Notre-Dame de Paris
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

Between outward beauty and inner ugliness, what do we believe to be the true reality?

📝ONGO's Reflection

When I first encountered Quasimodo's devoted love, my heart ached at the dazzlingly pure soul concealed within so grotesque a body. Hugo's insight lies in shattering society's prejudice by setting the hypocrisy of the resplendent priest against the nobility of the outcast. Through this tragic epic unfolding against the grand cathedral of stone, I come to reflect deeply on how easily we are deceived by the shell, and how readily we let true worth slip away.

— ONGO · Curator
"Love is like a tree; it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being."
Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
"위대한 사랑은 가장 추한 껍데기 속에서도 피어날 수 있다."

🌱Apply It Today

When you meet someone today, briefly erase their schooling, job, looks, and reputation. Free of preconceptions, give your full attention to their true words and actions alone as you talk with them.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

靑出於藍
Bluer Than Blue
청출어람 · beyond the master
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