Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable. Marguerite Duras absolutelyimpossiblejournalism Change image and share on social
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. Marguerite Duras createdearhappiness Change image and share on social
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. Marguerite Duras alcoholbookcreation Change image and share on social
The best way to fill time is to waste it. Marguerite Duras filltimewaste Change image and share on social
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. Marguerite Duras alcoholcomfortconsole share on social
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. Marguerite Duras alcoholicalcoholismanimal Change image and share on social
Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at the coming of day. Marguerite Duras alcoholbarrencome Change image and share on social
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. Marguerite Duras fondloveman Change image and share on social
In love there are no vacations. No such thing. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that. Marguerite Duras boredomfullylive Change image and share on social
It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him. Marguerite Duras felthappinesslove Change image and share on social
