" Whoever is fascinated
doesn't see, properly
speaking, what he
sees. Rather, it
touches him in an
immediate proximity; it
seizes and
ceaselessly draws him
close, even though it
leaves him absolutely
at a distance.
Fascination is
fundamentally linked
to neutral, impersonal
presence, to the
indeterminate They,
the immense, faceless
Someone "
Maurice Blanchot
The Space of Literature