Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at the coming of day.

Quote by Marguerite Duras

Topics: Marguerite Duras Quotes

In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully...

In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully...

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be...

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be...

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace...

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace...

Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a...

Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a...

The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it - can't help...

The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it - can't help...

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.

The best way to fill time is to waste it

The best way to fill time is to waste it

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, before everything else,...

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, before everything else,...

When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism...

When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have...

It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have...

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only...

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only...

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

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.

I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives...

I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives...

To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead --somewhere these...

To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead --somewhere these...

There is much satisfaction in work well done, but there can be no happiness equal...

There is much satisfaction in work well done, but there can be no happiness equal...

The root of the matterï¿½ the thing I meanï¿½ is love, Christian love, or compassion....

The root of the matterï¿½ the thing I meanï¿½ is love, Christian love, or compassion....

I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend...

I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend...

What is Love? Alright. You know how when you're listening to music from another room,...

What is Love? Alright. You know how when you're listening to music from another room,...