I, etcetera Quotes

“I am tired of being a person. Not just tired of being the person I was, but any person at all. I like watching people, but I don’t like talking to them, dealing with them, pleasing them, or offending them. I am tired.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera

“I am tired. I would like to be a mountain, a tree, a stone.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera

“Somewhere, some place inside myself, I am detached. I have always been detached (in part). Always.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera

“I like watching people, but I don’t like talking to them, dealing with them, pleasing them, or offending them.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera

“…the war goes on—an ache in the bones, an ache in the gut, an ache in the heart.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera

“Sisyphus, I. I cling to my rock, you don’t have to chain me. Stand back! I roll it up—up, up. And … down we go. I knew that would happen. See, I’m on my feet again. See, I’m starting to roll it up again. Don’t try to talk me out of it. Nothing, nothing could tear me away from this rock.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera

“One of the pieces of advice I give is: Don’t suffer future pain.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera

“Wisdom requires a life that is singular in another way, that’s perverse. To know more, you must conjure up all the lives there are, and then leave out whatever fails to please you. Wisdom is a ruthless business.”
― Susan Sontag, I, etcetera