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Marguerite Yourcenar: If I make...

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If I make it, I will carry a pencil instead of the ritual sword.

Source: On her chances of becoming the first woman elected to Acad?mie Fran?aise; in NY Times, 3 Dec 1979.
-- 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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