A book consists of two layers: on top, the readable layer ... and underneath, a layer that was inaccessible. You only sense its existence in a moment of distraction from the literal reading, the way you see childhood through a child. It would take forever to tell what you see, and it would be pointless.
Marguerite DurasTheir voices reach out into the empty yard, plunge deep into the hills, go right through the heart.
Marguerite DurasWhen a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature.
Marguerite DurasWhen you wept it was just over yourself and not because of the marvelous impossibility of reaching her through the difference that separates you.
Marguerite DurasWhat 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.
Marguerite Duras