Is not the most erotic part of the body wherever the clothing affords a glimpse? – Roland Barthes
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
Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. – Roland Barthes
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. – Roland Barthes