There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marxs Capital. – W. E. B. Du Bois
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. – Roland Barthes
As a matter of fact, have you never noticed that most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness? – Margaret Millar, The Weak-Eyed Bat, 1942