Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Marguerite Duras

Quote by Marguerite Duras

“و إنّنا لوحيدون في وحدتنا الخاصة نفسها ، هذه التي تظلّ لا قِبَل لنا بها ، دومًا خطرة. أجل ، إنّ ثمّة ثمنًا نؤدّيه لأنّنا جرُؤنا على الخروج و الكتابة”

Quote by Marguerite Duras

Book:Writing
Create image

Work

Writing

This book explores various aspects of writing, including techniques, styles, and the creative process. more

Author

Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras

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'. more

You May Also Like

“As I saw myself moving ever farther toward the social margin, nothing healed me of a sore and angry heart like a walk through the city. To see in the street the fifty different ways people struggle to remain human - the variety and inventiveness of survival techniques - was to feel the pressure relieved, the overflow draining off. I felt in my nerve endings the common refusal to go under. That refusal became company. I was never less alone than alone in the crowded street. Here, I found, I could imagine myself. Here, I thought, I am buying time. What a notion: buying time.”

LonelinessCity
Author:Vivian Gornick
Create image

“Спокойно осъзнавам каква цивилизована личност съм - нуждата, която имам от хора, от разговори, книги, театър, музика, кафенета, питиета и прочие. Ужасно е да бъдеш цивилизован, защото, когато стигнеш края на света, няма с какво да облекчиш ужаса от самотата. Да бъдеш цивилизован, означава да имаш сложни потребности. А човек, когато е напълно завършен, не бива да има нужда от нищо.”

LonelinessCivilization
Book:Tropic of Capricorn
Create image

“Small, inquisitive and solitary, the only child of an only son, growing up in rented lodgings or hotel rooms, constantly on the move as a boy, Anthony Powell needed an energetic imagination to people a sadly under-populated world from a child's point of view. His mother and his nurse were for long periods the only people he saw, in general the one unchanging element in a peripatetic existence.”

ChildhoodLonelinessOpening SentencesAnthony Powell
Book:Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
Create image

“The years I spent pining for her, trying to subtly convince her that I was the man she needed to be with was what made me realize that I was competing with every man she knew for one ultimate goal. Just like a sporting event where her affections are the prize. And just like in a contest with athletes, I was completely outmatched. An amateur playing a game with experienced professionals.”

LoveRomanceLonelinessLongingLow Self EsteemLow Self ImageLow Confidence
Book:Counting Losses
Create image

“I had chosen to play the detective—and if there is one thing that unites all the detectives I've ever read about, it's their inherent loneliness. The suspects know each other. They may well be family or friends. But the detective is always the outsider. He asks the necessary questions but he doesn't actually form a relationship with anyone. He doesn't trust them, and they in turn are afraid of him. It's a relationship based entirely on deception and it's one that, ultimately, goes nowhere. Once the killer has been identified, the detective leaves and is never seen again. In fact, everyone is glad to see the back of him.”

LonelinessSuspectsMurder MysteryLonerDetectiveOutsiderAnthony HorowitzMagpie MurdersGenre Conventions
Book:Magpie Murders
Create image