“What we are dealing with here is another version of the Lacanian 'il n'y a pas de rapport ...': if, for Lacan, there is no sexual relationship, then, for Marxism proper, there is no relationship between economy and politics, no 'meta-language' enabling us to grasp the two levels from the same neutral standpoint, although—or, rather, because—these two levels are inextricably intertwined.”
― The Parallax View
― The Parallax View
“Intense sexual desire is the best thing in the world.”
― New York City in 1979
― New York City in 1979
“One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many. "Good" is no longer good when one's neighbor mouths it. And how should there be a "common good"! The term contradicts itself: whatever can be common always has little value. In the end it must be as it is and always has been: great things remain for the great, abysses for the profound, nuances and shudders for the refined, and, in brief, all that is rare for the rare.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“Ser significa habitar persistiendo a través de los espacios sobre la base de la permanencia junto a cosas y lugares.”
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“Es imposible no terminar siendo como los otros creen que uno es. (Atribuido a Julio César)”
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
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