"She represents the un-vowed aspiration of the male……" — Marguerite Duras
"She represents the un-vowed aspiration of the male human being, his potential infidelity - and infidelity of a very special kind, which would lead him to the opposite of his wife, to the woman of wax whom he could model at will, make and unmake in any way he wished, even unto death."
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75 Quotes by Marguerite Duras
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A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict…
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Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God.
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To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead -somewhere these two loves come together. To…
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It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.
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It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved…
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In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all…
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For that's what a woman, a mother wants - to teach her children to take an interest in life. She…
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Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesnt desire the man offering himself to her. Its the desire of…
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I know all one can know when one knows nothing.
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Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable. A journalist is someone who…
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Oh, how good it is to be with someone, sometimes.
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Madness is like intelligence, you know. You can't explain it. Just like intelligence. It comes on you, it fills you,…
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