Quote by Roland Barthes
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that

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

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Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf? to the speech at a formal dinner. – Roland Barthes

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The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition… always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. – Roland Barthes

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The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized! – Roland Barthes

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Reading — the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. – William Styron

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917

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There is reading, and there is reading. Reading as a means to an end, for information, to cultivate oneself; reading as an end in itself, a process, a compulsion. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

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My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. – Thomas Helm

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Ancient and modern languages teem with happily expressed sentiments of more or less force and beauty, sufficiently individualized and excellent to warrant their reproduction and classification. – Maturin M. Ballou, January 1886, preface to Edge-Tools of Speech

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We lack resolve and blame fate, mistaking the drift for the tides. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts. – Steve Cropper

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Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day. – William Allingham

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