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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

Source: Deliberation, in Tel Quel (Paris), Winter 1979; in Barthes: Selected Writings, 1982.
-- Roland Barthes, (Nov 12 1915-1980), French critic; He was known for his contributions to structural linguistics and New Criticism intellectual movement; wrote Writing Degree Zero, 1953.

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