I discovered that I am tired of being a person. Not just tired of bein…

Susan Sontag
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I discovered that I am tired of being a person. Not just tired of being the person I was, but any person at all ✨ Susan Sontag (2017). Stories: Collected Stories, p.99, Penguin UK
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