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Marguerite Yourcenar

"Every 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."

Source : Marguerite Yourcenar, Matthieu Galey (1984). “With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey”, Boston : Beacon Press

Marguerite Yourcenar

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“Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesnâ€™t live off fame, but rather deeds.”

Source : "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic, "Eternity and Eternity" (p. 32), 1999.
“It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now.”
“Sophie held the [hand]cuffs higher, hopint to instill some sense of shame, if not in him, then at least in herself. One look at him and she wanted him again. "I found them in the bed." "That makes sense," Phin said. "That's where I lost them." "I'd ask what you were doing with them," Sophie said, trying not to sound bitchy, "but I probably don't want to know, do I?" "Sure you do. It was exciting and different and depraved." Phin nodded toward the stairs. "Go put them someplace we can find them, and I'll show you later.”
“I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.”
“Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.”
“Shame on you, Crispin. Married how long, and you haven't spanked your wife with a metal spatula yet?" I'd gotten used to Ian's assumption that everyone was as perverted as he was, so I didn't miss a beat. "We prefer blender beaters for our kitchen utensil kink," I said with a straight face. Bones hid his smile behind his hand, but Ian looked intrigued. "I haven't tried that ... oh, you're lying, aren't you?" "Ya think?" I asked with a snort. Ian gave a sigh of exaggerated patience and glanced at Bones. "Being related to her through you is a real trial.”
“I never knew anyone yet who got up at six who did anything more useful between that time and breakfast than banging a tennis ballup against the side of the house, waiting for the more civilized members of the party to get up.”

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