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“Avoir du mal à reconnaître quelqu'un, c'est, d'une certaine façon, inconsciemment, réaliser une forme commune d'idolâtrie. On aime quelqu'un, on fixe son caractère, on attend de sa personne qu'elle réponde aux images que l'on a construites sur l'armature fragile d'un papier crépon. Or il suffit que se révèlent un secret, une attitude suspecte qui bouscule l'ordre de nos représentations pour qu'un monde s'effondre, et que l'on comprenne soudainement ce que les iconoclastes condamnent et qu'on ne prend plus le temps d'écouter. Ne reste de Byzance que ses querelles éternelles.”

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Book:Ceux que la nuit choisit
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