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Marguerite Duras Quotes about Drinking

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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.

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

Marguerite Duras
Drinking, Thinking, Killing
Marguerite Duras (1993). “Practicalities”, p.15, Grove Press

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.

Marguerite Duras
Drinking, Mind, Able
Marguerite Duras (1993). “Practicalities”, p.15, Grove Press

When 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 Duras
Children, Drinking, Animal
Marguerite Duras (1993). “Practicalities”, p.17, Grove Press

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