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If Barthes, along with Bachelard, is one of those who have done most to enrich criticism during the last thirty years, i — Laurent Binet, The Seventh Function of Language
So long as I perceive the world as hostile, I remain linked to it: *I am not crazy*. But sometimes, once my bad temper i — Roland Barthes
I experience reality as a system of power. Coluche, the restaurant, the painter, Rome on a holiday, everything imposes o — Roland Barthes
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die. — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero
There does not exist any more a holy mountain or a holy city or holy land which can be marked on a map. The reason is no — Karl Barth
Ah, God, it were an easy Matter to choose a Calling hadone all Time to live in! I should be fifty Years aBarrister, fift — John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor
Only unconditional grace can transform a hardened heart into a grateful heart. Only a free gift can demolish any notion — Mark Galli, Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Work of the Holy Spirit
I have a disease — I see language.
The demand that the Bible should be read and understood and expounded historically is, therefore, obviously justified an — Karl Barth
There is no such thing as a special biblical hermeneutics. But we have to learn that hermeneutics which is alone and gen — Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics 1.2: The Doctrine of the Word of God
There is a notion that complete impartiality is the most fitting and indeed the normal disposition for true exegesis, be — Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics 1.2: The Doctrine of the Word of God
Those who perpetrate stories must act cruelly. — Johnny Rich, The Human Script
There's a great difficulty in makingchoices if you have any imagination at all. Faced with such a multitude of desireabl — John Barth, The End of the Road
As thoroughly as mankind has killed God, the reader has despatched the author. — Johnny Rich, The Human Script
I want a History of Looking. For the Photograph is the advent of myself as other: a cunning dissociation of consciousnes — for centuries this was a great mythic theme.
Another unary photograph is the pornographic photograph (I am not saying the erotic photograph: the erotic is a pornogra — Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Philippine culture was clearly different. It wasn't the fan's duty to remain aloof in the presence of stars — it was the player's responsibility to show gratitude to the average Filipino.
Somewhere in the world there was a young woman with such splendid understanding that she'd see him entire, like a poem o — John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse
So who is cruel? You, cruel reader, you are. — Johnny Rich, The Human Script
Well… er -”“Expecting a rescue is beyond hope under the circumstances!” Sam Barthoff, Mayor of Atro City, interrupted gr — Christina Engela, High Steaks