"The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language."

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Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)

Monique Wittig

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“A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.”
“When I hear complaints about less liquidity, remember there is such a thing as too much liquidity.”

Source : 1971 In the Observer, 24 Sep.
“Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.”
“The special virtue of freedom is not that it makes you richer and more powerful but that it gives you more time to understand what it means to be alive.”

Source : "Decline, Fall, Rinse, Repeat" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. September 12, 2011.
“Guns started flying off store shelves just as soon as the black Democrat moved into the White House.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.”

Source : "“Melancholia” Star Kirsten Dunst: “Thank you, Penelope Cruz, for not doing this.”". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. September 13, 2011.
“We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.”
“Live according to your income.”

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