A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists. If death does t — Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists. If death does t — Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists. If death does t — Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists. If death does t — Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists. If death does t — Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
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A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists. If death does take him, he is probably unaware of the fact; it amounts to no more for him than a shock or a spasm.

— Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
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