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The Text is not a definitive object.


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Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.



...language is never innocent.

...language is never innocent.



Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.

Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.



I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.

I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.



The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.

The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.



Man does not exist prior to language, either as a species or as an individual.

Man does not exist prior to language, either as a species or as an individual.



To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.



The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.

The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.



We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.

We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.



The photographic image... is a message without a code.

The photographic image... is a message without a code.





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Never reject an idea, dream or goal because it will be hard work. Success rarely comes without it.

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My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school.

My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school.



Sage advice? If you're drunk, stay away from the phone. You can't get the answering machine message back.

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Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non-compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there.

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I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.

I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.



I accept you as you are, and I will always hold you close in my heart. I will walk beside you forever. (Fang)

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