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As for us, we are perhaps already very far from such times as that.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":35,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3251067,"Rien ne m’explique : mes vices et mes vertus n’y suffisent absolument pas ; mon bonheur le fait davantage.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":35,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":63},3251061,"Of all our games, love’s play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul, and is also the only one in which the player has to abandon himself to the body’s ecstasy.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nMarguerite Yourcenar, a French novelist and essayist, wrote these lines in her book \"The Abyss\" (1988), but it's likely that she was reflecting on her experiences and observations from the 1960s and 1970s. During this period, Yourcenar was living in the United States, teaching at Harvard University, and grappling with the complexities of American culture.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nOn the surface, this quote seems to highlight the risks and rewards of love. However, upon closer examination, it reveals a deeper tension between the rational self and the bodily experience. Yourcenar suggests that in love, we must surrender our control and allow ourselves to be fully immersed in the physical sensations of pleasure and intimacy.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider embracing vulnerability as a catalyst for creativity and connection. By acknowledging the interplay between reason and body, you can tap into your own desires and emotions, leading to more authentic relationships and innovative work.",{"id":65,"quote_text":66,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":35,"author":67,"source":68,"quote_tag":69,"commentary":70},3251060,"Leaving behind books is even more beautiful – there are far too many children.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nMarguerite Yourcenar, a French writer and philosopher, wrote these words during her later years, likely from her home in Maine, USA. In the 1960s, she was an established author, known for her novel \"Mémoires d'Hadrien,\" which won the Prix International de Littérature in 1951. At this time, Yourcenar was also involved in various literary and cultural institutions, while maintaining a solitary life.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nYourcenar's words suggest that she values intellectual legacy over personal progeny. She implies that creating something of lasting significance – in this case, books – is more fulfilling than bearing children. This paradox highlights the tension between creativity and responsibility, as well as the importance Yourcenar placed on her work as a means of leaving a lasting impact.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nWhen considering whether to dedicate time to personal projects or family life, remember that Yourcenar's words suggest it is possible to create a meaningful legacy without sacrificing one for the other. By focusing on producing work that will outlast you – in any field – you can cultivate a sense of purpose and fulfillment that transcends traditional measures of success.",{"id":72,"quote_text":73,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":35,"author":74,"source":75,"quote_tag":76,"commentary":9},3251059,"Is the soul only the supreme development of the body, the fragile evidence of the pain and pleasure of existing? Is it, on the contrary more ancient than the body, which is modeled on its image and which serves it momentarily, more or less well, as instrument?",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":78,"quote_text":79,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":35,"author":80,"source":81,"quote_tag":82,"commentary":9},3251053,"I will not fall. I have reached the center. I listen to the striking of who knows what divine clock through the thin carnal wall of a life full of blood, of shudderings, and of breathings. I am near the mysterious kernel of things as one is sometimes near a heart at night.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":84,"quote_text":85,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":35,"author":86,"source":87,"quote_tag":88,"commentary":89},3251052,"I did not love less; indeed I loved more. But the weight of love, like that of an arm thrown tenderly across a chest, becomes little by little too heavy to bear.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis poignant quote is likely from Marguerite Yourcenar's novel \"Memoirs d'Hadrien,\" written between 1959 and 1967, during the French author's period of introspection and self-discovery in the United States. Yourcenar was grappling with the complexities of love, mortality, and the human condition, themes that would become hallmarks of her oeuvre.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a profound paradox: the deeper our emotional investment, the more it can become a source of suffering rather than joy. This insight challenges the conventional notion that love is always redemptive; instead, Yourcenar suggests that excessive attachment can lead to suffocation.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider adopting a more nuanced understanding of love and attachment, recognizing that it's possible to cherish someone deeply without becoming entangled in an unhealthy way. By cultivating emotional awareness and setting healthy boundaries, you can transform your relationships into sources of liberation rather than burden.",{"id":91,"quote_text":92,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":35,"author":93,"source":94,"quote_tag":95,"commentary":9},3251048,"I have no children, nor is that a regret. To be sure, in time of weakness and fatigue, when one lacks the courage of one’s convictions, I have sometimes reproached myself for not having taken the precaution to engender a son, to follow me. But such a vain regret rests upon two hypotheses, equally doubtful: first, that a son necessarily continues us, and second, that the strange mixture of good and evil, that mass of minute and odd particularities which make up a person, deserves continuation.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":97,"totalPages":98,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":99},1,19,10]