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We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. it is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters.
-Susan Sontag
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We Live Under Continual Threat Of Two

Susan Sontag
We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. it is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters.
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