“The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar, book Memoirs of Hadrian

La lettre écrite m'a enseigné à écouter la voix humaine, tout comme les grandes attitudes immobiles des statues m'ont appris à apprécier les gestes.
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), p. 21

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