A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

The language we use when we are in love is not a language we speak. It is a language addressed to ourselves and to our imaginary beloved.

It is a language of solitude, of mythology, of what Barthes calls an 'image repertoire'. Reviving the notion of the amorous subject beyond psychological or clinical enterprises, Barthes' A Lover's Discourse is a book for everyone who has ever been in love, or indeed, thought themselves to be immune to its power.