All readings are also mis-readings, re-readings, partial readings, imposed readings, and imagined readings of a text that is originally and finally never simply there. Just as the world is originally fallen apart, the text is always already enmeshed in contending practices and hopes.

Donna J. Haraway
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All readings are also mis-readings, re-readings, partial readings, imposed reads, and imagined reads of a text that is originally and finally never simply there. Just as the world is originally fallen apart, the text is always already enmeshed in contending practices and hopes.

Source: Simians, Cyborgs, And Women: The Reinvention Of Nature

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