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The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets.


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Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this.



We do not truly speak except at a distance. There is no word not severed.

We do not truly speak except at a distance. There is no word not severed.



One rose is enough for the dawn

One rose is enough for the dawn



Always in a foreign country, the poet uses poetry as an interpreter.

Always in a foreign country, the poet uses poetry as an interpreter.



Ah, the sun will catch me, in my disturbing transparency. What am I but an awareness of the dark, forever?

Ah, the sun will catch me, in my disturbing transparency. What am I but an awareness of the dark, forever?



For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.

For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.



To whom to speak when the other no longer is? The place is empty when emptiness occupies all of the place.

To whom to speak when the other no longer is? The place is empty when emptiness occupies all of the place.



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