# Quote — Susan Sontag, Death Kit

> If Diddy already knows what he does that's foolish and stupid, why can't he become wise? Act wisely. For, oh, Diddy has perceived his follies countless times. Is heartily ashamed of them, strenuously repudiates them. It's only that he doesn't understand. Not really. A hopeless, bumbling tourist in the somber labyrinth of his own consciousness.

- Author: [Susan Sontag](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-sontag.md)
- Book: [Death Kit](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-sontag/death-kit.md)
- Page: 223
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Susan_Sontag#Death_Kit_(1967)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-sontag/death-kit/if-diddy-already

## More from this book

> Watkins said no with the practiced brusque delivery of a man who's always been rather sparing with his yes.

p. 174 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-sontag/death-kit/watkins-said-no-with.md)

> And isn't it usually so, that lovers who share their daily lives with each other gradually find they need to put very little into words?

p. 270 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-sontag/death-kit/and-isnt-it-usually.md)

> To love one's work is a way of loving oneself, and leaves one freer to love other people.
>
> But beware the difference between loving one's work and being merely engrossed in it.

p. 149 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/susan-sontag/death-kit/to-love-ones.md)