You ask: Could the emotion of loving come from other things too? You beg her to say. She says: It can come from anything， from the flight of a night bird， from a sleep， from a dream of sleep， from the approach of death， from a word， from a crime， of itself， from oneself， often without knowing how.

—The Malady of Death， Novelist， Marguerite Duras

你問道：愛這種情感也會來自其他東西嗎?你央求她告訴你。她說：是的，愛可以來自任何事物，來自一只夜鳥的飛行，來自一場酣眠，來自一個睡夢，來自死亡的臨近，來自一個詞語，來自一種罪行，來自愛本身，也來自某人自己，但我們往往不知道它如何而來。

——《死亡的疾病》瑪格麗特·杜拉斯，小說家