| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 18015 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Marguerite Duras (b. 1914), French author. Alcohol, Practicalities (1987, trans. 1990). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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