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What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

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Susan Sontag
Age: 71 †
Born: 1933
Born: January 16
Died: 2004
Died: December 28
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New York City
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Susan Rosenblatt
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