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I wanted to see something in full daylight I was sated with the pleasure and comfort of the half light I had the same desire for the daylight as for water and air. And if seeing was fire, I required the plenitude of fire, and if seeing would infect me with madness, I madly wanted that madness.

Maurice Blanchot

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Maurice Blanchot
Age: 95 †
Born: 1907
Born: September 22
Died: 2003
Died: February 20
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
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