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I acquired that drinker's face before I drank. Drink only confirmed it. The space for it existed in me.

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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.

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Drinking isn't necessarily the same as wanting to die. But you can't drink without thinking you're killing yourself.

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Their voices reach out into the empty yard, plunge deep into the hills, go right through the heart.

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What stops you killing yourself when you're intoxicated out of your mind is the thought that once you're dead you won't be able to drink any more.

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People come to Paris, to the capital, to give their lives a sense of belonging, of an almost mythical participation in society.

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Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.

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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. 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.

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Stormy skies, says Ernesto. He grieved for them. Summer rain. Childhood.

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Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

Born: April 4, 1914

Died: March 3, 1996 (aged 81)

Bio: Marguerite Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, essayist and experimental filmmaker.

Known for:

The Lover (1984)
The Sea Wall (1950)
The Ravishing of Lol Stein (1964)
Moderato Cantabile (1958)
The Malady of Death (1982)

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