French Lessons #272

"La lutte avec l'ombre est la seule lutte réelle." (Deleuze)

Quotes 2017 #272

The only time I found myself at all interested
in the concept of a time machine
was when I first heard that baldness in a man
was traceable to his maternal grandfather.

(Billy Collins, The Snag)

French Lessons #271

"Ils [Kafka, Beckett, Bacon] ont donné à la vie un nouveau pouvoir de rire extrêmement direct." (Deleuze)

French Lessons #270

"Sommeil, désir, art : lieux d'étreinte et de résonance, lieux de lutte." (Deleuze)

Quotes 2017 #271

"I'm an Oakland boy and I'll always be an Oakland boy, but if being close to you means traveling into the festering hellhole that is New York, then to the festering hellhole I shall go." (Jason Shiga, Empire State)

Quotes 2017 #270

"They were silent now, watching the darting flight of the birds into the trees. Behind them they could hear the clatter of a sewing machine: Riley's mother was sewing for the white folks. It was quiet, and as the woman worked, her voice rose above the whirring machine in song." (Ralph Ellison)

French Lessons #269

"S'il y a là une géométrie, c'est une géométrie très différente de celle de l'Egypte ou de la Grèce, c'est une géométrie opératoire du trait et de l'accident." (Deleuze)