No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book, or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation. (Marguerite Duras)

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book, or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.

Marguerite Duras

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