All speech is a request or demand for something missing, as lacking in some respect. Ultimately, as Lacan puts it, all speech constitutes a demand for love. Whenever we speak, we are unconditionally asking to be heard, we are asking for our request to be recognized, we are asking to be responded to, we are asking to be loved.
Bruce Fink - Lacan on Love: An Exploration of Lacan's Seminar VIII, Transference











