Susan Sontag on existence
Susan Sontag69 quotes“Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once, and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you.”
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
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Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer It would be wrong to say that the soul is an illusion or an ideological effect. On the contrary, it exists, it has a reality.
Michel FoucaultMichel Foucault It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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