Susan Sontag's Quote - We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seeming

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We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seeming

We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters. – Susan Sontag

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