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Susan Sontag

"The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes. It is equivalent to a sense of abusing the present."

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"The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes. It is equivalent to a sense of abusing the present."

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"Let each person decide his or her fate."

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"Beauty, love with truth, that is all there is."

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"The Judgement is not a question, it's a sure answer, as to a clump of dough, that will yeast and rise, or go in the oven and burn to crust."

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"Can any man sacrifice is life for his fellow man?"

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"I guess it's better to have a chalk smile, than an ink smile. Where chalk changes with the direction of wind, ink stays as a deep stain. Like rain, sun and hail against a fake plant."

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"Minimalism means not trying to improve perfection."

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"Life cannot be exchange for anything."

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"The voice says, maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do. The things you don't finish."

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"Life is like a lit cigarette. The past is ashes, the present is burning, and the future is up in smoke. Fast as a breath; inhale exhale."

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"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."
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"Lying is an elementary means of self-defense."
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"Sanity is a cozy lie."
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"Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art."
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"My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything."
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"As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure."
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"Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics."
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