Anicet ou le Panorama Quotes

“My name is Arthur and I was born in the Ardennes, or so I have been told, but I cannot be at all sure that the assertion is correct, particularly since, as you have divined, I do not in the least accept that the universe can be broken down into distinct and separate locations. I would say simply 'I was born,' if even this proposition did not mistakenly present the fact it expresses as an action completed in the past, instead of a state where time is boundless. The verb was created in such a way that all of its modes are a function of time, and I am convinced that syntax in itself anoints man as a slave to this concept, since he can only conceive thought through syntax, and his brain is essentially no more than a grammar.”
― Louis Aragón, Anicet ou le Panorama

“On sacrifie plus aisément, l'avenir incertain que le souvenir assuré. L'homme redoute le risque.”
― Louis Aragon, Anicet ou le Panorama

“les maux atroces que les hommes ont imaginés pour oublier l'immense ennui qui les ronge ne sont que des jeux d'enfants.”
― Louis Aragon, Anicet ou le Panorama