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Surviving - that is the other name of a mourning whose possibility is never to be awaited.


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I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.

I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.



If I only did what I can do, I wouldn't do anything

If I only did what I can do, I wouldn't do anything



The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.

The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.



Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts.

Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts.



If things were simple, word would have gotten around.

If things were simple, word would have gotten around.



To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.



Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.

Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.




The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language.

The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language.



One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.

One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.





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You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.

You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.



For the prosperous, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.

For the prosperous, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.



Is this some kind of joke?""That's for me to know and you to find out.""Maybe you think it's funny to put up signs about people who want to commit sui

Is this some kind of joke?""That's for me to know and you to find out.""Maybe you think it's funny to put up signs about people who want to commit sui



Until we realize that things might not be we cannot realize that things are.

Until we realize that things might not be we cannot realize that things are.



Every emancipation is a restoration of the human world and of human relationships to a man himself.

Every emancipation is a restoration of the human world and of human relationships to a man himself.



For fools admire but men of sense approve.

For fools admire but men of sense approve.



How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing could happen to others, but not to them. That is the way!

How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing could happen to others, but not to them. That is the way!



I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.

I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.



I've been really lucky to work with a lot of really great actors, so watching the films back, it's really important to admire the people that you were working with and see their full performance.

I've been really lucky to work with a lot of really great actors, so watching the films back, it's really important to admire the people that you were working with and see their full performance.



My dreams, my desires, and my goals make me smile.

My dreams, my desires, and my goals make me smile.




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This page presents the quote "Surviving - that is the other name of a mourning whose possibility is never to be awaited.". Author of this quote is Jacques Derrida. This quote is about mourning, surviving, names, possibility,.