Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means.
Paul de Man Quotes
Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.
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| Birth: | 23rd November, 1920 |
| Death: | 20th April, 1970 |
| Nationality: | Batswana, Romanian |
| Profession: | Poet, Translator |
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