Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
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Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.

— Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
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