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# Philippe Lejeune

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Philippe Lejeune is a French professor and essayist, known as a specialist in autobiography. He is the author of numerous works on the subject of autobiography and personal journals. He is a cofounder of the Association pour l'autobiographie et le patrimoine autobiographique created in Paris in 1992

##  Quotes by Philippe Lejeune

> [“A perversion must be baptized and patronized (the Marquis De Sade and Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch were on to something).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-lejeune/a-perversion-must-be-baptized-and-patronized-the-marquis-de-sade-and/)

Philippe Lejeune

[Perversion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perversion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/philippe-lejeune-70898_perversion_a-perversion-must-be-baptized-and-patron_393317.jpg)

> [“Repress the natural and it comes back even stronger: not everyone can be a fetishist”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-lejeune/repress-the-natural-and-it-comes-back-even-stronger-not-everyone-can/)

Philippe Lejeune

[Fetish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fetish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/philippe-lejeune-70898_fetish_repress-the-natural-and-it-comes-back-ev_780533.jpg)

> [“However, in fetishism the desired object is displaced; and in this context (“The Apparition” by Guy De Maupassant) it is the desiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-lejeune/however-in-fetishism-the-desired-object-is-displaced-and-in-this/)

Philippe Lejeune

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/philippe-lejeune-70898_boot_however-in-fetishism-the-desired-object_1615215.jpg)

> [“Maupassant is a man of mitigating circumstances, the lawyer who can bring the jurors around by demonstrating that they too could have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-lejeune/maupassant-is-a-man-of-mitigating-circumstances-the-lawyer-who-can/)

Philippe Lejeune

[Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/philippe-lejeune-70898_crime_maupassant-is-a-man-of-mitigating-circum_1908471.jpg)

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