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Marguerite Duras was a renowned French writer born on April 4, 1914, and passed away on March 3, 1996. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound social insight, with notable titles including 'The Lover' and 'The River'.

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Famous Marguerite Duras Quotes

“A book consists of two layers: on top, the readable layer ... and underneath, a layer that was inaccessible. You only sense its existence in a moment of distraction from the literal reading, the way you see childhood through a child. It would take forever to tell what you see, and it would be pointless.”

Way Children Two Book Moments Would Be Reading Existence Forever Childhood Distraction Layers Pointless Literal Inaccessible

Author:Marguerite Duras

“Life is only lived full-time by women with children.”

Children Life Is

Book:Practicalities

Source: Practicalities

“I'm still there, watching those possessed children, as far away from the mystery now as I was then. I've never written, though I thought I wrote, never loved, though I thought I loved, never done anything but wait outside the closed door.”

Children Stills Done Waiting Written Doors Mystery Possessed Far Away Closed Doors

Book:The Lover

Source: The Lover

“The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because the he becomes one of the children.”

Ifs Men Trying Children Stills Home Might Used Asks Answers Used To Be Ask Me What If

Book:Practicalities

Source: Practicalities

“We, her children, are heroic, dersperate.”

Children Heroic

Author:Marguerite Duras

“A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they've had since time began.”

Men Mean Children Home Time House Adventure Longing

Book:Practicalities

Source: Practicalities

“To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead -somewhere these two loves come together. To love a no-good but humble punk and to love an honest man who believes himself to be an honest man -somewhere these, too, come together.”

Men Love Believe Children Two Together Honest Humble Punk Honest Man Two Loves

Author:Marguerite Duras

“For that's what a woman, a mother wants - to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for them to be interested in other people's happiness than to believe in their own.”

People Knows Want Believe Children Mother Interest Teach Motherhood Interest In Life

Book:Practicalities

Source: Practicalities

“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.”

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Book:Practicalities

Source: Practicalities

About the Author

Born: April 4, 1914
Died: March 3, 1996
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 132

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