The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a woman, the fascination resides in finding out that we're alike.
Interpretation
Fascination in relationships stems from discovering shared traits and experiences, regardless of gender.
In this quote, Marguerite Duras highlights the idea that the essence of connection between individuals lies in their similarities, which inspire curiosity and attraction. The fascination derived from understanding that we are alike creates a bond that transcends differences, suggesting that recognizing our common humanity fosters deeper relationships.
In practice
During a speech about unity and understanding among diverse groups.
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.
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.
I'm still there, watching those possessed children, as far away from the mystery now as I was then. I've never written, though I thought I wrote, never loved, though I thought I loved, never done anything but wait outside the closed door.
Perhaps someone will have seen mine, the one Iβm waiting for, just as I saw him, in a ditch when his hands were making their last appeal and his eyes no longer could see. Someone who will never know what that man was to me; someone whose name Iβll never know.
Stormy skies, says Ernesto. He grieved for them. Summer rain. Childhood.
A prolonged silence ensues. The reason for the silence is our growing interest one for the other. No one is aware of it, no one yet; no one? am I quite sure?
I think every relationship is going to go through a few rough patches. Those are what make it stronger, I think.
As I got older, I realised that people saw me as other things - sometimes Korean, sometimes Japanese, sometimes just Asian. When my family moved to a more affluent white neighbourhood, I started to see myself as 'other', this amorphous category. I didn't even know what 'not other' was, but I knew I wasn't it; I wasn't what was normal.
The good life is built with good relationships.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.
No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.
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