Facts about Marguerite Duras

Occup.Novelist
FromFrance
BornApril 4, 1914
DiedMarch 3, 1996
Aged81 years

Summary

Marguerite Duras was a famous Novelist from France, who lived between April 4, 1914 and March 3, 1996. He/she became 81 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aries, who is known for Active, Demanding, Determined, Effective, Ambitious. Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Marguerite.

16 Famous quotes by Marguerite Duras

Small: Its afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didnt necessarily prove tha
"It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him"
Small: No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to
"No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation"
Small: Men like women who write. Even though they dont say so. A writer is a foreign country
"Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country"
Small: I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature wh
"I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate"
Small: Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire
"Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire"
Small: It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most
"It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most"
Small: Alcohol doesnt console, it doesnt fill up anyones psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of Go
"Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny"
Small: Its only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect rep
"It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs"
Small: You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherw
"You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable"
Small: The best way to fill time is to waste it
"The best way to fill time is to waste it"
Small: In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that
"In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that"
Small: I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, the m
"I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, the mother represents madness. Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met"
Small: The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She cant help it - cant help trying to interest her nearest and
"The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it - can't help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it"
Small: Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. Its absolutely unavo
"Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable"
Small: Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at
"Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at the coming of day"
Small: When a woman drinks its as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman,
"When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature"