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“Glory to the logos, my friends! Long live dialectics! Let the party begin! May the verb be with you!”
― The 7th Function of Language
― The 7th Function of Language
“What would you do if you ruled the world?” The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: “Even grammar?”
― The Seventh Function of Language
― The Seventh Function of Language
“All’s fair in love and dialectical materialism,”
― Galapagos Regained
― Galapagos Regained
“—Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant?
—I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost self-respect. What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
—I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost self-respect. What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“Q: Why write about slavery? Haven’t we had enough stories about slavery? Why do we need another one?
A: I could have written about upper middle class white people who feel sad sometimes, but there’s a lot of competition.”
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A: I could have written about upper middle class white people who feel sad sometimes, but there’s a lot of competition.”
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