Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/19/18

“Most people in this society who aren’t actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.”   —   Susan Sontag

(They must be running a special on Sue Sontag quotes!  Buy one, get one free!  Can’t argue with her here.  If I’m not active, I’ve definitely got the potential.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/15/18

“The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.”   —   Susan Sontag

(But, only annoyingly unfair questions deserve to be destroyed.  Maybe, today’s Jumble heroine was Susan Sontag!  I think you could make a good argument for that!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 02/23/18

“Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon the art.”   —   Susan Sontag

(This is one of the truest quotes I’ve ever read!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/21/16

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”   —   Susan Sontag

(A very brave woman.  I like many of the things that she was criticized for saying.  Too many of us just can’t face the truth.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 04/01/16

“I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.”   —   Susan Sontag

(From the ridiculous to the sublime?  I’m sure this was said tongue-in-cheek.  However, at the very least, there would appear to be a polar opposite mind set at play here.  Maybe not.  I’m sure that a lot of people who think that no one is paying attention to them, feel that that is due to a conspiracy!  Don’t dwell on these things, folks.  Just live your lives.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  I wonder how Susan would feel about Getty Images owning essentially all photos of her on the internet???   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/07/16

English: Susan Sontag’s tomb, Montparnasse cemetery, Paris Deutsch: Susan Sontag Grab, Friedhof Montparnasse, Paris (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.”   —   Susan Sontag

(Our first Sontag quote, since I’ve been posting these spoilers.  Hope to see more.  The woman saw things as they really are.  She was the antithesis of jingoism.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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