There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away …

Susan Sontag
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There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed in writing a body of work. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.547, Macmillan
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There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed in writing a body of work. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.547, Macmillan

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