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Jacques Lacan Quotes: Love means giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.
         

Love means giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.


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All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.

All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.



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What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?



The I is always in the field of the Other.

The I is always in the field of the Other.



I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think. I am not whenever I am the plaything of my thought; I think of what I am where I do not think to think.

I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think. I am not whenever I am the plaything of my thought; I think of what I am where I do not think to think.



Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation to other signifiers.

Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation to other signifiers.



The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom

The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom



The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire.

The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire.



The real is what resists symbolization absolutely.

The real is what resists symbolization absolutely.



The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.

The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.



In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.

In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.





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