[On travel:] Who would be so besotted as to die without having made at least the round of this, his prison?
Marguerite YourcenarThere are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty.
Marguerite YourcenarMen who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself.
Marguerite YourcenarOf all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul.
Marguerite YourcenarEvery life is punctuated by deaths and departures, and each one causes great suffering that it is better to endure rather than forgo the pleasure of having known the person who has passed away. Somehow our world rebuilds itself after every death, and in any case we know that none of us will last forever. So you might say that life and death lead us by the hand, firmly but tenderly.
Marguerite Yourcenar