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« Where does it come from that we elect certain words? That there are kind or detestable in our eyes when others say nothing or nothing to us and that there are some so heavy that it seems urgent to deliver them? (p. 13) ... hence this book in the form of lexicon »
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Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
Windows |
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Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
Windows
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« So what do we have left? Some confidence. Trust in what? in this: the crossing, however long, so arduous, as perilous as it may be, will take place. Crossing appearances, crossing borders, crossing time, crossing places, images, events of the day and those events of the night that are dreams, moving memories and imaginary figures (are there others?), crossing mainly transfers (two words that could be considered synonymous). »
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Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
This Time Doesn't Pass - The Railway Bay |
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Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
This Time Doesn't Pass - The Railway Bay
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« The only being that keeps you in company is yourself. This "self" may change, not be the same, although I do not recognize myself in old photographs or today in the mirror of my bathroom (...), does not prevent that it is always self. In the long run, this permanent company becomes boring. How can we misrepresent company? Leaving each other without getting lost completely ?... To get rid of yourself without disappearing? »
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Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
Monomotapa's Dream |
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Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
Monomotapa's Dream
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