Get up quickly-just switch on the white light of the will.

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Get up quickly-just switch on the white light of the will.

Susan Sontag

1973

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Sontag, Susan. Journal entry. 15 Oct. 1973.

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Get up quickly-just switch on the white light of the will. — Susan Sontag

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