Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
View AuthorA state at war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
View AuthorViolence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
View AuthorThe person who is not internally prepared for violence is always weaker than the oppressor.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
View AuthorYou only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've taken everything, they're no longer in your power, they're free again.
Susan Sontag
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Susan Sontag
View AuthorArt is seduction, not abduction.
Susan Sontag
View AuthorParaphrasing the wise: No one can think and hit someone at the same time.
Susan Sontag
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Susan Sontag
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Susan Sontag
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Susan Sontag
View AuthorTo love hurts. It's like giving yourself up to be skinned and knowing that at any moment the other person could leave taking your skin with them.
Susan Sontag
View AuthorI write to define myself, an act of self-creation, in a dialogue with myself, with writers I admire, both living and dead, and with ideal readers. Because it gives me pleasure. I'm not sure exactly what purpose my work serves.