“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 DeathSource: The Malady of Death
“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 SteinSource: The Ravishing of Lol Stein
“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 HairSource: Blue Eyes, Black Hair
“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 DeathSource: The Malady of Death