Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt. – Susan Sontag
I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. – Susan Sontag
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. – Susan Sontag
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. – Susan Sontag
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead. – Olive Schreiner