Susan Sontag Quote

I feel inauthentic at a party.... Going to a party is a 'low' activity — the authentic self is compromised, fragmented — one plays 'roles.' One isn't fully present, beyond role-playing. One doesn't (can't) tell the full truth, which means one is lying, even if one doesn't literally tell lies.

Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 (2008)

I feel inauthentic at a party.... Going to a party is a 'low' activity — the authentic self is compromised, fragmented — one plays 'roles.' One...

I feel inauthentic at a party.... Going to a party is a 'low' activity — the authentic self is compromised, fragmented — one plays 'roles.' One...

I feel inauthentic at a party.... Going to a party is a 'low' activity — the authentic self is compromised, fragmented — one plays 'roles.' One...

I feel inauthentic at a party.... Going to a party is a 'low' activity — the authentic self is compromised, fragmented — one plays 'roles.' One...