Maxioms by Susan Sontag
What we need is to use what we have.
What we need is to use what we have.
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag.
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag.
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion read more
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.
Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but read more
Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene -- in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.