Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories?… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
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Through luminous and erudite readings of the texts, Hasana Sharp shows us how profound and radical is Spinoza's conception of nature and… — Michael Hardt Copy Share Image
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French schools follow a national curriculum that includes arduous surveys of French philosophy and literature. Frenchmen then spend the rest of their… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
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All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
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I remember finding a Houdini book at the library and seeing an image of him chained on the side of a building.… — David Blaine Copy Share Image
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I wanted a feeling of accumulation. I really wanted the moments to add up because they do add up. I wanted to… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
I do think that the Josianic return to the archaic form of the Passover is appropriate and, indeed, historical. Josiah does go… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
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It is precisely the sort of thing I am always trying to do in my writing -- to present my unhappy reader… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
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As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
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