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theoptia · 1 year

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Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 17th, 1970

Text ID: I don't feel guilt at being unsociable, though I may sometimes regret it because my loneliness is painful. But when I move into the world, it feels like a moral fall—like seeking love in a whorehouse.

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llovelymoonn · 10 months

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susan sontag as consciousness is harnessed to the flesh: journals and notebooks, 1964-1980: “february 17th, 1970” (via @theoptia) \\ griefmother

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nemeasis · 1 year

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I don't feel guilt at being unsociable, though I may sometimes regret it because my loneliness is painful. But when I move into the world, it feels like a moral fall—like seeking love in a whorehouse. —Susan Sontag, from As consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 17th 1970

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wordsintheattic · 1 year

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-Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 17th, 1970

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thelastgoodcountry · 1 year

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“when I move into the world, it feels like a moral fall”

— Susan Sontag, notebook entry February 17th, 1970; in As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980.

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jpapimphot · 2 years

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”

― Jorge Luis Borges

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“My library is an archive of longings.”

― Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

“But why’s she got to go to the library?”

“Because that’s what Hermione does,” said Ron, shrugging. “When in doubt, go to the library.”

― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”

― Albert Einstein

“The sea is nothing but a library of all the tears in history.”

― Lemony Snicket

“Your library is your paradise.”

― Desiderius Erasmus

“The library is like a candy store where everything is free.”

― Jamie Ford, Songs of Willow Frost

“The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned. ”

― Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night

Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities.

– R. David Lankes

An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.

– Stephen Fry

To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books.

– Carlos María Domínguez

When you absolutely positively have to know, ask a librarian.

– American Library Association

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.

– Linton Weeks

I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

– Laura Bush

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

– Norman Cousins

Libraries always remind me that there are good things in this world.

– Lauren Ward

Bookshops and libraries are a backstage of success.

– Piotr Kowalczyk

A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.

– Alan M. Dershowitz

"Nothing is pleasanter than exploring a library."

- Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864. English writer and poet)

"The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955. Theoretical physicist)

"When in doubt go to the library."

- J.K. Rowling (b. 1965. British novelist, screenwriter, and producer, best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series)

"I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card."

- Laura Bush (b. 1946. Librarian and wife of George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States)

"Libraries always remind me that there are good things in this world."

- Lauren Ward (b. 1970. American singer and actress)

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009. American broadcast journalist, in American Library Association "Libraries Change Lives" Campaign, 1995)

“Information is not knowledge.”

― Albert Einstein

“I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information.”

― Christopher Hitchens

“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”

― Oscar Wilde

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theoptia · 1 year

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Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 17th, 1970

Text ID: I’m chasing myself (I have been for years).

#susan sontag #as consciousness is harnessed to flesh: journals and notebooks 1964-1980 #as consciousness is harnessed to flesh #quote #journal #diary #french literature #lit #miscellanea #mhm.

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llovelymoonn · 1 year

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theoptia · 1 year

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Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 20th, 1970

Text ID: All pain enrages. Why am I not in contact with my anger? What do I feel? Depression. But that means I am “depressing” another emotion. Despair, then. But despair is a conclusion one draws from a history of pain (it’s happening again).

#susan sontag #as consciousness is harnessed to flesh: journals and notebooks 1964-1980 #as consciousness is harnessed to flesh #quote #journal #diary #french literature #lit #miscellanea

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theoptia · 11 months

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Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 20th, 1970

Text ID: Everyone who has had a bad childhood is angry. I must have felt angry at first (early). Then I “did” something with it. Turned it into—what? Self-hatred > Fear (of my own anger, of the retaliation of others). Despair.

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theoptia · 1 year

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Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 17th, 1970

Text ID: I feel once again, and I rejoice, that I’m not busy dying—I’m still busy being born.

#susan sontag #as consciousness is harnessed to flesh: journals and notebooks 1964-1980 #as consciousness is harnessed to flesh #quote #diary #journal #french literature #lit #miscellanea #i’ve been reading a lot of philosophy lately (esp. hegel)#which i doubt will garner much interest so—#still clearing these folders before posting new material.

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llovelymoonn · 1 year

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hi!! could i request a webweave on feelings of intense rage, love, and a mixture of both? thanku <3

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