Marguerite Duras: Living

Marguerite Duras was French writer and film director. Explore interesting quotes on living.
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“She had lived her early years as though she were waiting for something she might, but never did, become.”

Marguerite Duras book The Ravishing of Lol Stein

Source: The Ravishing of Lol Stein

Waiting

“She says people ought to learn to live like them, with the body abandoned in a wilderness, and in the mind the memory of a single kiss, a single word, a single look to stand for a whole love.”

Marguerite Duras book Blue Eyes, Black Hair

Source: Blue Eyes, Black Hair

Love , People , Kiss , Learning

“Even so you have managed to live that love in the only way possible for you. Losing it before it happened.”

Marguerite Duras book The Malady of Death

Source: The Malady of Death

Love , Way

“Soon you give up, don't look for her anymore, either in the town or at night or in the daytime.
Even so you have managed to live that love in the only way possible for you. Losing it before it happened.”

Marguerite Duras book The Malady of Death

Source: The Malady of Death

Love , Way , Night