Leaving behind books is even more beautiful — there are far too many children. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Of all our games, love’s play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Every hour has its immediate duty, its special injunction which dominates all others … — Marguerite Yourcenar
The founding of libraries was like constructing more public granaries, amassing reserves — Marguerite Yourcenar
One nourishes one’s created characters with one’s own substance: it’s rather like — Marguerite Yourcenar
For me, a poet is someone who is ‘in contact.’ Someone through whom a current is passing. — Marguerite Yourcenar
A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny. — Marguerite Yourcenar
There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty. — Marguerite Yourcenar