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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

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Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

Source: On having no children; in NY Times, 5 May 1980.
-- Marguerite Yourcenar, (Jun 8 1903-1987), Belgian-US novelist, essayist; She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise (French Academy), an exclusive literary institution with a membership limited to 40.


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