"The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author."

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Source : "The Death of the Author" (1968)

Roland Barthes

#Book Quotes #Cost Quotes #Birth Quotes

“High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the right place at the right time, is essential to health, recreation, and economic growth.”
“No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was delicious. Did you make it yourself?”
“I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad.”
“Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a creature that can fly to the moon and invent the Internet and cross the ocean in boats?”
“I love Logic Audio and have been using it for years. All my track outputs used to come up on my old board in the same order as in the old Mac G4 - 1 through 32, came up as 1 through 32, for instance.”
“Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.”
“What is meant by believing in Christ but just going with trusting and loving hearts, and committing to His love and power ourselves, our souls, and all that concerns us for time and eternity?”

Source : Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd (1867). “Counsel and Comfort Spoken from a City Pulpit”, p.290
“If you're going to miss 'em, miss 'em quick.”

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