Maurice Blanchot Quotes
Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, literary theorist, and philosopher whose work occupies a singular place in twentieth-century French thought. After early right-wing political journalism that he later disavowed, he lived a famously reclusive life devoted to the writing of fiction, criticism, and philosophical essay. The quotes below are attributed to Maurice Blanchot, organized by topic.
Maurice Blanchot on Death
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Attributed to Maurice Blanchot:
“Death is the impossibility of every possibility.”
Maurice Blanchot on Love
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Attributed to Maurice Blanchot:
“To respond to the other is to give what one does not have.”
Maurice Blanchot on Truth
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Attributed to Maurice Blanchot:
“Writing is the wakefulness of the disaster.”
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Attributed to Maurice Blanchot:
“Literature begins where literature becomes a question.”
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Attributed to Maurice Blanchot:
“The work demands of the writer that he lose everything he might construe as his own.”