“So long as I perceive the world as hostile, I remain linked to it: *I am not crazy*. But sometimes, once my… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“…This singular reversal may perhaps proceed from the fact that for us the “subject” (since Christianity) is the one who suffers: where… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“And it was during this period that Madeleine fully understood how the lover's discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“I experience reality as a system of power. Coluche, the restaurant, the painter, Rome on a holiday, everything imposes on me its… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I had just ruined it by reading Barthes at the wrong time. ( A Lover’s Discourse , Chandra said, was relationship poison .)” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
The lover's discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn't physical. It was extreme because you felt… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
