"I often think of the image only I can see now, and of which Ive never spoken...." - Marguerite Duras

I often think of the image only I can see now, and of which Ive never spoken. Its always there, in the same silence, amazing. Its the only image of myself I like, the only one in which I recognize myself, in which I delight

— Marguerite Duras
Writer and film director

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Marguerite Duras was a 20th-century French writer and film director. Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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