Famous Susan Sontag Quotes

  • Strictly speaking, nothing that’s said is true. (Though one can be the truth, one can’t ever say it.) – Susan Sontag

    Strictly speaking, nothing that’s said is true. (Though one can be the truth, one can’t ever say it.)– Susan Sontag

  • Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. – Susan Sontag

    Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead.– Susan Sontag

  • If one could amputate part of one’s consciousness… – Susan Sontag

    If one could amputate part of one’s consciousness…– Susan Sontag

  • But maybe they were barbarians. Maybe this is what most barbarians look like. They look like everybody else. – Susan Sontag

    But maybe they were barbarians. Maybe this is what most barbarians look like. They look like everybody else.– Susan Sontag

  • A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the w – Susan Sontag

    A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the w– Susan Sontag

  • How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion! – Susan Sontag

    How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion!– Susan Sontag

  • There is nothing wrong with standing back and thinking. To paraphrase several sages: ‘Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time. – Susan Sontag

    There is nothing wrong with standing back and thinking. To paraphrase several sages: ‘Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.– Susan Sontag

  • It’s not love that the past needs in order to survive, it’s an absence of choices. – Susan Sontag

    It’s not love that the past needs in order to survive, it’s an absence of choices.– Susan Sontag

  • Can I love someone…and still think/fly? Love is flying, sown, floating. Thought is solitary flight, beating wings. – Susan Sontag

    Can I love someone…and still think/fly? Love is flying, sown, floating. Thought is solitary flight, beating wings.– Susan Sontag

  • Depression is melancholy minus its charms. – Susan Sontag

    Depression is melancholy minus its charms.– Susan Sontag