Literature is that which he can not read without pain, with… - Roland Barthes

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Literature is that which he can not read without pain, without choking on truth.

Roland Barthes

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Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician.

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Alternative Names: Roland Gérard Barthes

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Suffering is a form of egoism.

I speak only of myself. I am not talking about her, saying what she was, making an overwhelming portrait (like the one Gide made of Madeleine).

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Literature is that which he can not read without pain, without choking on truth. - Roland Barthes

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