In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that.

Quote by Marguerite Duras

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

The best way to fill time is to waste it

The best way to fill time is to waste it

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...

Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like...

Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like...

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,...

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the...

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the...

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...

Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesn't desire the man offering himself to...

Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesn't desire the man offering himself to...

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

Men play the game; women know the score.

Men play the game; women know the score.

The difference between men and women is that, if given the choice between saving the...

The difference between men and women is that, if given the choice between saving the...