I recognize that I love—you—by this: that you leave in me a wound that I do not want to replace. (Jacques Derrida, The Post Card)
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Jacques Derrida from “Roland Barthes” in Works of Mourning edited by Pascale-Anne Brault and Michael Naas

Jacques Derrida from “Roland Barthes” in Works of Mourning edited by Pascale-Anne Brault and Michael Naas
A compilation of a series of love letters addressed by Jacques Derrida to an unnamed loved one.
From The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond
Jacques Derrida to an unnamed loved one.
From The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond

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Jacques Derrida, “Roland Barthes”
An act of hospitality can only be poetic.

Jacques Derrida, “Roland Barthes”

Jacques Derrida, “Roland Barthes”

Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes
The wound can have (should only have) just one proper name. I recognize that I love — you — by this: you leave in me a wound I do not want to replace.
