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“Space echoes like an immense tomb, yet the stars still burn. Why does the sun take so long to die ?”
― The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism
― The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“When one loves, it has nothing to do with sex.”
― On Feminine Sexuality, the Limits of Love and Knowledge: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XX: Encore
― On Feminine Sexuality, the Limits of Love and Knowledge: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XX: Encore
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