Roland Barthes: Quotes about love

Roland Barthes was French philosopher, critic and literary theorist. Explore interesting quotes on love.

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“What love lays bare in me is energy.”

Roland Barthes book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

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“I encounter millions of bodies in my life; of these millions, I may desire some hundreds; but of these hundreds, I love only one.”

Roland Barthes book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

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“To whom could I put this question (with any hope of an answer)? Does being able to live without someone you loved mean you loved her less than you thought…?”

“Someone tells me: this kind of love is not viable. But how can you evaluate viability? Why is the viable a Good Thing? Why is it better to last than to burn?”

Roland Barthes book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

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“Isn’t the most sensitive point of this mourning the fact that I must lose a language — the amorous language? No more ‘I love you’s.”

Roland Barthes book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

Source: A Lover's Discourse: Fragments