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Quote by Susan Sontag

“It is intolerable to have one's sufferings twinned with anybody else's.”

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In this thought-provoking work, the author delves into the portrayal of human suffering in photographs, examining the impact and significance of such imagery in the context of war and conflict. more

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Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag was an American writer, critic, and photographer. Known for her unique literary style and profound thinking, her work spans various fields including literature, art, and politics. Born on January 16, 1933, she passed away on December 28, 2004. more

“a bookstore is a place densely populated with tens of thousands of authors, dead or living, residing side by side. But books are quiet. They remain dead silent until somebody flips open a page. Only then so they spill out their stories, calmly and thoroughly, just enough at a time for me to handle.”

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Book:Almond

Source: Almond

“No one stepping for the first time into a room made of books can know instinctively how to behave, what is expected, what is promised, what is allowed. One may be overcome by horror--at the cluster or the vastness, the stillness, the mocking reminder of everything one doesn't know, the surveillance--and some of that overwhelming feeling may cling on, even after the rituals and conventions are learned, the geography mapped, and the natives found friendly.”

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Book:The Library at Night

Source: The Library at Night

“In the meantime, there is not an hour to lose. I am about to visit the public library.”

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Book:Journey to the Center of the Earth

Source: Journey to the Center of the Earth