“The unfortunate thing is that, because wishes sometimes come true, the agony of hoping is perpetuated.”

—  Marguerite Yourcenar , book A Coin in Nine Hands

Le malheur est que, parfois, des souhaits s'accomplissent, afin que se perpétue le supplice de l'espérance.
Denier du rêve (1934), translated as A Coin in Nine Hands (1994) by Dori Katz, Ch. 3, p. 31 ISBN 0-226-96527-9

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Le malheur est que, parfois, des souhaits s'accomplissent, afin que se perpétue le supplice de l'espérance.

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