My library is an archive of longings. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consci…

Susan Sontag
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My library is an archive of longings. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.572, Macmillan
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My library is an archive of longings. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.572, Macmillan

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