The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools.


Memoirs of Hadrian (1951)

Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser...

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser...

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser...

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser...