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THE WRITER can get free of his writing only by using it, that is, by reading oneself. As if the aim of writing were to use what is already written as a launching pad for reading the writing to come. Moreover, what he has written is read in the process, hence constantly modified by his reading. The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets.

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As long as we are not chased from our words we have nothing to fear. As long as our utterances keep their sound we have a voice. As long as our words…

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