'To seduce is to produce language that enjoys, language that takes pleasure in having 'no more to say'.'

'Speech is the true realm of eroticism, and not simply a means of access to this realm. To seduce is to produce language that enjoys, language that takes pleasure in having 'no more to say'. To seduce is thus to prolong, within desiring speech, the pleasure-taking performance of the very production of that speech.'


Shoshana Felman, 'The Scandal of The Speaking Body', p. 15