“We always fail to talk about love’. He quickly scans the text – it’s about Stendhal. Simon is moved by the thought… — Laurent Binet Love Copy Share Image
“Eco listens with interest to the story of a lost manuscript for which people are being killed. He sees a man walk… — Laurent Binet Eco Copy Share Image
“I’m fighting a losing battle. I can’t tell this story the way it should be told. This whole hotchpotch of characters, events,… — Laurent Binet Causality Copy Share Image
“What would you do if you ruled the world?” The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: “Even grammar?” — Laurent Binet Grammar Copy Share Image
“Memory is of no use to the remembered, only to those who remember. We build ourselves with memory and console ourselves with… — Laurent Binet Memory Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, after all, there is a bit of justice in this mean, cruel world.” — Laurent Binet Cruel world Copy Share Image
The good thing about writing a true story is that you don't have to worry about giving an impression of realism. — Laurent Binet Giving Copy Share Image
“As Umberto Eco might say: for communicating, language is perfect; there could be nothing better. And yet, language doesn’t say everything. The… — Laurent Binet Different ways Copy Share Image
“He downs the contents of his glass in a single gulp and, looking at Simon, adds: “This is as amusing as a… — Laurent Binet Happiness Copy Share Image
“Glory to the logos, my friends! Long live dialectics! Let the party begin! May the verb be with you!” — Laurent Binet Dialectics Copy Share Image
“And it was you who created us. The notion of male homosexuality didn’t exist in ancient Greece. Socrates could bugger Alcibiades without… — Laurent Binet Ancient greece Copy Share Image
“This scene is not really useful, and on top of that I practically made it up. I don't think I'm going to… — Laurent Binet Copy Share Image
“That scene, like the one before it, is perfectly believable and totally made up” — Laurent Binet Copy Share Image
“If Barthes, along with Bachelard, is one of those who have done most to enrich criticism during the last thirty years, it… — Laurent Binet Barthes Copy Share Image
“…the thread of knowledge, once you pull at it, continues unraveling on its own.” — Laurent Binet Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Spinoza fucks Hegel up the arse! Spinoza fucks Hegel up the arse! Down with dialectics!” — Laurent Binet Dialectics Copy Share Image
“No, it's not invented! What would be the point of 'inventing' Nazism?” — Laurent Binet Innovation Copy Share Image
