I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.
Source: The Deadman, Preface, 1967; repr. in Violent Silence, ed. by Paul Buck, 1984.
-- Georges Bataille, (Sep 10 1897-1962), French librarian, essayist, moralist, poet, novelist; His essays, novels, and poetry expressed his fascination with eroticism, mysticism, and the irrational.