Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil,…

Susan Sontag
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Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims. ✨ Susan Sontag (2013). Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors, p.74, Penguin UK
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No 'we' should be taken for granted when the subject is looking at other people's pain. ✨ Susan Sontag (2013). Regarding the Pain of Others, p.7, Macmillan
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Photographs furnish evidence. Something we hear about, but doubt, seems proven when we're shown a photograph of it. ✨ Susan Sontag (2011). On Photography, p.7, Macmillan
I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.177, Macmillan
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Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims. ✨ Susan Sontag (2013). Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors, p.74, Penguin UK

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