Author: Paul de Man

Quotes

Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament.

Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament.

- Paul de Man

Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.

Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.

- Paul de Man

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.

- Paul de Man

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