Duras

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“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 (b. 1914)

“It’s afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn’t neccesarily prove that you loved him.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)

“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 then he becomes one of the children.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)