Life Quote by 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” quote by Marguerite Yourcenar — Download Open image

“If you love life you also love the past, because it is the present as it has survived in memory." Translation by David Downie”

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But happiness is brittle, and if men and circumstances don't destroy it, it is threatened by ghosts.

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