Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesnt desire the man offering himself to her. Its the desire of a woman for a man who hasnt yet come to her, whom she doesnt yet know. Shes faithful to this stranger even before she belongs to him. Frigidity is the non-desire for whatever is not him.
Marguerite DurasJournalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable. A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every day and reports what she sees, someone who represents the world, the event, for others. She cannot do her work without judging what she sees.
Marguerite DurasPeople come to Paris, to the capital, to give their lives a sense of belonging, of an almost mythical participation in society.
Marguerite DurasThere are many women who write as they think they should write - to imitate men and make a place for themselves in literature.
Marguerite DurasWeโre in the vanguard of a nameless battle, a battle without arms or bloodshed or glory: weโre in the vanguard of waiting.
Marguerite Duras