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> [“As Umberto Eco might say: for communicating, language is perfect; there could be nothing better. And yet, language doesn’t say everything. The body speaks, objects speak, history speaks, individual or collective destinies speak, life and death speak to us constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/as-umberto-eco-might-say-for-communicating-language-is-perfect-there/)

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## More by Laurent Binet

> [“We always fail to talk about love’. He quickly scans the text – it’s about Stendhal. Simon is moved by the thought of Barthes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/we-always-fail-to-talk-about-love-he-quickly-scans-the-text-it-s/)

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> [“Eco listens with interest to the story of a lost manuscript for which people are being killed. He sees a man walk past holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/eco-listens-with-interest-to-the-story-of-a-lost-manuscript-for-which/)

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> [“I’m fighting a losing battle. I can’t tell this story the way it should be told. This whole hotchpotch of characters, events, dates, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/i-m-fighting-a-losing-battle-i-can-t-tell-this-story-the-way-it/)

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> [“He liked cock, this intellectual!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/he-liked-cock-this-intellectual/)

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> [“What would you do if you ruled the world?” The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: “Even grammar?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/what-would-you-do-if-you-ruled-the-world-the-gigolo-replied-that-he/)

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> [“The homosexuals are the new Jesuits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/the-homosexuals-are-the-new-jesuits/)

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> [“Memory is of no use to the remembered, only to those who remember. We build ourselves with memory and console ourselves with memory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/memory-is-of-no-use-to-the-remembered-only-to-those-who-remember-we/)

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> [“Sometimes, after all, there is a bit of justice in this mean, cruel world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/sometimes-after-all-there-is-a-bit-of-justice-in-this-mean-cruel-world/)

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> [The good thing about writing a true story is that you don't have to worry about giving an impression of realism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/the-good-thing-about-writing-a-true-story-is-that-you-don-t-have-to/)

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> [“As Umberto Eco might say: for communicating, language is perfect; there could be nothing better. And yet, language doesn’t say everything. The body speaks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/as-umberto-eco-might-say-for-communicating-language-is-perfect-there/)

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> [“He downs the contents of his glass in a single gulp and, looking at Simon, adds: “This is as amusing as a novel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/he-downs-the-contents-of-his-glass-in-a-single-gulp-and-looking-at/)

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> [“In the provinces, being queer is worse than being Arab.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/in-the-provinces-being-queer-is-worse-than-being-arab/)

[Laurent Binet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurent-binet/)

> [“Glory to the logos, my friends! Long live dialectics! Let the party begin! May the verb be with you!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/glory-to-the-logos-my-friends-long-live-dialectics-let-the-party/)

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> [“And it was you who created us. The notion of male homosexuality didn’t exist in ancient Greece. Socrates could bugger Alcibiades without being seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/and-it-was-you-who-created-us-the-notion-of-male-homosexuality-didn-t/)

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> [“This scene is not really useful, and on top of that I practically made it up. I don't think I'm going to keep it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/this-scene-is-not-really-useful-and-on-top-of-that-i-practically-made/)

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