It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
¶ AIDS and Its Metaphors, ch. 4 (1989)
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Susan Sontag (1933-2004) American essayist, novelist, activist
Though collecting quotations could be considered as merely an ironic mimetism — victimless collecting, as it were ... in a world that is well on its way to becoming one vast quarry, the collector becomes someone engaged in a pious work of salvage. The course of modern history having already sapped the traditions and shattered the living wholes in which precious objects once found their place, the collector may now in good conscience go about excavating the choicer, more emblematic fragments.
¶ On Photography, “Melancholy Objects” (1977).
I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don't consider it a moral virtue.
¶ Interview, "The 'Traitor' Fires Back" (by David Talbot), Salon (16 Oct 2001)
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WIST is my collection of quotations I find meaningful, moving, amusing (intended or not), well-phrased, and/or to which I just say I "Wish I'd Said That." But just because I quote it here doesn't mean I actually agree with it. If you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions, please don't hesitate to
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