Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, refo…

Susan Sontag
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Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics. ✨ Susan Sontag (2014). A Susan Sontag Reader, p.340, Macmillan
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