Quote by: Jean-Philippe Toussaint

For the painful essence of withdrawal does not reside in the present suffering it brings - withdrawal is painless on the level of the immediate moment - but in the prospect of suffering to come, the rich future that one can imagine one's torture enjoying.


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Author Bio


  • NameJean-Philippe Toussaint
  • DescriptionBelgian writer and filmmaker
  • BornNovember 29, 1957
  • CountryBelgium
  • ProfessionWriter; Film Director; Novelist
  • AwardsPrix Médicis