Quote by Ben Lerner Download Open image ““What normally felt like the only possible world became one among many”” — Ben Lerner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Was there only one world, after all, that spent its time dreaming of others?” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“But I wondered. Maybe the world wasn't made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Maybe there were just people.… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
“There were so many worlds he'd never even considered – which one would be his?” — Jade Chang Copy Share Image
“The world is supposed to be full of possibilities, but they narrow down to pretty few in most personal experience.” — David Herbert Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Well, if you don’t like the idea of one world, how many worlds do you want, and how would you like them divided? By… — Burl Barer Copy Share Image
“The world each person creates for himself is a distinctive world, not the same world others occupy.” — Dean Barnlund Copy Share Image
“World is just like a ship in the sea, having each type of mankind, it depends upon you, whether you join good community or… — Arbab Jehangir Copy Share Image
“We liked to believe there is an alternate world, a better world, populated entirely by characters created by the yearnings of humanity--governing and inspiring… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“There are many, many different worlds to live in. And sometimes there is no connection from one to another.” — Nora Raleigh Baskin Copy Share Image
“that you are free to create your world as you want it to be, while others” — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Shaving is a way to start the workday by ritually not cutting your throat when you've the chance. — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
I don't want to write poems that are just really clear about how I'm aware of all the traps involved in writing poetry; I… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
“What you need to do is harness the self-love you are hypostasizing as offspring, as the next generation of you, and let it branch… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
“And because his narrator was characterized above all by his anxiety regarding the disconnect between his internal experience and his social self-presentation,” — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
“And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle's takeoff. I know it… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
“Part of what makes the book bizzare is that Whitman, because he wants to stand for everyone, because he wants to be less a… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
The problem is that if you're self-conscious about being a person on whom nothing is lost, isn't something lost - some kind of presence?… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Most of us start from that position of irony now and what I wanted to do - really felt like I had to do… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Laser technology has fulfilled our people's ancient dream of a blade so fine that the person it cuts remains standing and alive until he… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
“Our contempt for any particular poem must be perfect, be total, because only a ruthless reading that allows us to measure the gap between… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
