Jacques Derrida Quotes
Who was Jacques Derrida?
| Born | July 15, 1930 |
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| Died | October 9, 2004 |
| Aged | 74 years old |
Books by Jacques Derrida
Best 7 Quotes by Jacques Derrida
“I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.”
“I speak only one language, and it is not my own.”
“If things were simple, word would have gotten around.”
“Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.”
“Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts.”
“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.”
“What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.”
