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A Lover's Discourse

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A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented use of the tools of structuralism to explore the whimsical phenomenon of love. Rich with references ranging from Goethe's Werther to Winnic

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“...He is in love: he creates meaning, always and everywhere, out of nothing...”

— Roland Barthes, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Inspired by Love, inspiration, motivation

“Am I in love?—yes,since I am waiting. The other one never waits. Sometimes I want to play the part of the one who doesn't wait; I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time. The lo…”

— Roland Barthes, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Waiting For Love, love & patience, love & relationship, love & life

“I encounter millions of bodies in my life; of these millions, I may desire some hundreds; but of these hundreds, I love only one.”

— Roland Barthes, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Attraction, Encounter, Life

“Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.”

— Roland Barthes, amazon.com

Tagged: Language, Words, Desire, Passion