Jacques Derrida Quote

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"Parole et phénomènes"

Translations

“Speech and phenomena”

Jacques Derrida

“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend”

“Writing is itself but the representation of speech”

“In Algeria, I had begun to get used to the idea that death could strike without warning”

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