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October 09, 2012

My Quote for the Day -- from Susan Sontag

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All political language is alienated. Political language as such is the enemy. (Joseph [Brodsky's] posiiton).

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-- Susan Sontag, entry for 12/ 6 / 77, in As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals & Notebooks 1964-1980 (ed. David Rieff, FSG, 2012)

Sontag's journals are extraordinary. It is irresistible to quote from them. as I plan to do in the weeks to come. She had a fabulous mind and was as brave in her self-encounters as she was voracious in approaching a world of intellectual stimulation. Thank you, David Rieff, for this significant accomplishment. -- DL

Posted by on October 09, 2012 at 01:35 PM in Spontaneous Aphorisms |

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