Quotes by Roland Barthes

“In 1850, August Salzmann photographed, near Jerusalem, the road to Beith-Lehem (as it was spelled at the time): nothing but stony ground, olive trees; but three tenses dizzy my consciousness: my present, the time of Jesus, and that of the photographer, all this under the instance of reality — and no longer through the elaborations of the text, whether fictional or poetic, which itself is never credible down to the root.”

“As soon as someone dies, frenzied construction of the future (shifting furniture, etc.): futuromania.”

“Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.”

“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...?”