Philippe Sollers

Philippe Sollers (born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936 – 6 May 2023) was a French writer and critic.

The world belongs to women.
In other words, to death.
But everyone lies about it.

Quotes

• The world belongs to women.
  In other words, to death.
  But everyone lies about it.
  • Women (1990), tr. of Femmes (1983)

• Stop being astounded by the realization that sex is the object of such misunderstanding and of such automatic clumsiness that it implies either a universal loathing or a universal veneration (which are much the same thing).
  • Watteau in Venice (1994), tr. by Alberto Manguel of La Fête à Venise (1991)
• Nombres est écrit avant mai 1968, coïncidence improbable mais profonde.
  • an interview for The Journal of Advanced Rhetoric (2018)