Marguerite Yourcenar Love Quotes

Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul ... — Marguerite Yourcenar

Love is a punishment. We are punished for not having been strong enough to remain alone. — Marguerite Yourcenar

If you love life you also love the past, because it is the present as it has survived in memory. Translation by David Downie — Marguerite Yourcenar

I believe that friendship, like love, of which it is a particular kind, requires nearly as much art as a successful choreography. — Marguerite Yourcenar

I am not sure that the discovery of love is necessarily more exquisite than the discovery of poetry. — Marguerite Yourcenar