Marguerite Duras: Man

Marguerite Duras was French writer and film director. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“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 the he becomes one of the children.”

Marguerite Duras

“The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a woman, the fascination resides in finding out that we're alike.”

Marguerite Duras

“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

“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

The Chimneys of India Song, from Practicalities (1987, trans. 1990).

“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

Alcohol, from Practicalities (1987, trans. 1990).