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That she had so completely recovered her sanity was a source of sadness to her. One should never be cured of one's passion.
Marguerite Duras
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Marguerite Duras
Age: 81 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 4
Died: 1996
Died: March 3
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Gia Định Province
Marguerite Donnadieu
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu
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Very early in my life it was too late.
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Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God.
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We, her children, are heroic, dersperate.
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Nowhere is one more alone than in Paris ... and yet surrounded by crowds. Nowhere is one more likely to incur greater ridicule. And no visit is more essential.
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Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country.
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You alone became the outer surface of my life, the side I never see, and you will be that, the unknown part of me, until I die.
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