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Marguerite Duras Quote

You think of outside your room, of the streets of the town, the lonely little squares over by the station, of those winter Saturdays all alike.

Marguerite Duras

You think of outside your room, of the streets of the town, the lonely little squares over by the station, of those winter Saturdays all alike.

Tags: monotony, sameness, winter

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About Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (French pronunciation: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit ʒɛʁmɛn maʁi dɔnadjø], 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit dyʁas]), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.