What she said was always strange. It had happened long ago. It seemed insignificant. And yet it was … - Marguerite Duras

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If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier.

Marguerite Duras

What she said was always strange. It had happened long ago. It seemed insignificant. And yet it was something you remembered forever. The words as well as the story. The voice as much as the words.

Forever, Long Ago, Remembered, Story, Voice

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I meet you. I remember you. Who are you? You’re destroying me. You’re good for me. How could I know this city was tailor-made for love? How could I know you fit my body like a glove? I like you. How unlikely. I like you. How slow all of a sudden. How sweet. You cannot know. You’re destroying me. You’re good for me. You’re destroying me. You’re good for me. I have time. Please, devour me. Deform me to the point of ugliness. Why not you? Why not you in this city and in this night, so like other cities and other nights you can hardly tell the difference? I beg of you.

Body, Good, I Like You, Night, Sweet

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Time, Work, Way, Waste, Fill

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.

Book, Childhood, Children, Distraction, Inaccessible, Reading

I've known you for years. Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now than then. Rather than your face as a young woman, I prefer your face as it is now. Ravaged.

Beautiful, Thinking, Years, Think, Everyone

Very early in my life it was too late.

Too Late, Late, Life, Early

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