For me words still possess their primitive, mystical, incantatory powers. I am inclined to use them as part of an attempt to make my own reality more real for others, as part of an effort to transcend emotional danger. For… — Ingrid Bengis Copy Share Image
There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic. — Ingrid Bengis Copy Share Image
The real questions refuse to be placated. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true… — Ingrid Bengis Copy Share Image
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start… — Ingrid Bengis Copy Share Image
Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match. — Ingrid Bengis Copy Share Image
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience. — Ingrid Bengis Copy Share Image
“Since this is Russia, such things are to be expected, though of course, neither he nor anyone else expected it.” — Ingrid Bengis Copy Share Image
