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We live in between what we choose, and what is chosen for us.
— Oct 01, 2025 06:06PM
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Chapter 6: Tiger Got to Hunt
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"Nothing is more punitive than to give a disease a meaning," Susan Sontag famously wrote, and yet we go on giving disease meanings anyway. These illness narratives are often not just a strategy for conceptualizing the pain of others, but also a way of reassuring ourselves that we'll never feel that pain.
— Sep 22, 2025 05:32PM
Page 54 | Highlight
"Nothing is more punitive than to give a disease a meaning," Susan Sontag famously wrote, and yet we go on giving disease meanings anyway. These illness narratives are often not just a strategy for conceptualizing the pain of others, but also a way of reassuring ourselves that we'll never feel that pain.
