Writing is a little door. Some fantasies, like big pieces of furniture…

Susan Sontag
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Writing is a little door. Some fantasies, like big pieces of furniture, won’t come through. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.45, Macmillan
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Writing is a little door. Some fantasies, like big pieces of furniture, won’t come through. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.45, Macmillan

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