"Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness."
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
USA - Author
All quotes by Susan Sontag
" There is a peculiarly modern predilection for psychological explanations of disease, as of... "
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" I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doi... "
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Susan Sontag
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" We live in a culture in which intelligence is denied relevance altogether, in a search for... "
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Susan Sontag
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" It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades. "
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Susan Sontag
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" Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of s... "
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Susan Sontag
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" The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no ... "
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Susan Sontag
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" The truth is balance, but the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie. "
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Susan Sontag
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" Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of th... "
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Susan Sontag
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