The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects – making it possible… to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. – Susan Sontag
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. – Susan Sontag
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. – Susan Sontag
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. – Susan Sontag