Susan Sontag Quote

It's not wrong to be beautiful; what's wrong is the obligation to be so.

Art is seduction, not abduction.

Paraphrasing the wise: No one can think and hit someone at the same time.

Depression is melancholy without its charms.

I want to be able to be alone, find it nourishing, not just a wait.

To 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.

I 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.