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American Author January 28, 1933 – December 28, 2004

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We are told we must choose? the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the new?"[Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003] Susan Sontag
A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility what human nature is of what happens in the world. It's a creator of inwardness. Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag quote: "Books are funny little portable pieces of thought."
Books are funny little portable pieces of thought. Susan Sontag
The Cavaliere has retired to his study and reads, trying not to think about what is going on around him -- one of the principal uses of a book. Susan Sontag
Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn't worth re-reading. Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag quote: "A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the..."
A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.[Frankfurt Book Fair speech, October 12, 2003] Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag quote: "Mallarme said that everything in the world exists in order to..."
Mallarme said that everything in the world exists in order to end in a book. Today everything exists to end in a photograph. Susan Sontag

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