Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power, are always an index of how much is not understood about the physical terrain of a disease.
Susan SontagThe truth of history crowds out the truth of fiction - as if one were obliged to choose between them.
Susan SontagMany things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described.
Susan SontagIn the greatest art, one is always aware of things that cannot be said. . .of the contradiction between expression and the presence of the inexpressible. Stylistic devices are also techniques of avoidance. The most potent elements of a work of art are, often, its silences.
Susan Sontag