Quote by Ben Marcus Download Open image ““It was so easy to agree to what did not test us.”” — Ben Marcus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Tests make us stronger, and strength is power, and power is the point. We must pass all the tests we face.” — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is meant to be hard. Perhaps there are some things so previous that one can only be tested when one is asked… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
“It was, of course, another test. Everything in human life was a test. That was why they all looked so stressed out.” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“There was no way they could not fail us- they were human, and more importantly, so were we.” — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“I learned that you can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested.” — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“Yes. It is your turn – as it is everyone’s at some time. The test is in our response.” — Ian C. Esslemont Copy Share Image
“We should always prepare for the tests that we know about. After all, there are so many that surprise us.” — Suzanne Harper Copy Share Image
To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them,… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“..., and he told a story once after intercourse, to the person who had just politely hoisted him while he hyperventilated in their space… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“Terms BEN MARCUS, THE 1. False map, scroll, caul, or parchment. It is comprised of the first skin. In ancient times, it hung from… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“Loud people have thin, hollow bones. They can be broken in half and discarded into a pit. They snap as easily as children do,… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Bernhard. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“This first. To understand this. Then maybe." Julian was impressed. The doctor had devised a pretty good tombstone. This first. To understand this. Then… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“Who is setting the bar for what you call accessibility? The definition of “accessible” is “easy to understand,” and so much of the fiction… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“People are considered as areas that resist light, mistakes in the air, collision sweet spots.” — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“The true elitists in the literary world are the ones who have become annoyed by literary ambition in any form, who have converted the… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.” — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
