Time is a blur of classes, conversations, readings and general confusion. That’s what it feels like as I approach the finish line. Last night after Slavoj Zizek’s talk I walked down the hill with him. The back of his shirt was wet with sweat. What a performer! Here’s a few choice quotes, aphorisms, quips and other nonsense gleaned from my messy notes.
God is dead and I’m not feeling well either - Nietzsche’s last written words
God was already dead but just didn’t know it - Zizek
The man who is happy has already given up hope - Genet
Not only are we not infinite we are not even finite - Zupancic
One needs to be blind not to see - Zupancic
To make the ancients speak we must feed them our blood - Critchley
The comic character thrives by his vices. The tragic character is destroyed by his virtues - Giovanni
A lunatic is not someone who believes he is a king but a king who believes he is already a king - Lacan
The world must be placed in the subject in order that the subject can be for the world - Deleuze
Nothing is worse than wishes that come true - Wilde
Love is to give what you do not have - Wilde
Nobody is perfect but I’m a nobody - Nobody The Perfect
