Quote by Ben Marcus Download Open image ““We can contain such secret misery, perversion.”” — Ben Marcus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The habit of misery had twisted these people, driving them to this paranoia. What had been diligence turned to desperation.” — Duong Thu Huong Copy Share Image
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“We can explore the nature of that piece of shit. We can know the nature of dislike, shame, and embarrassment and not believe there’s… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“In the worldly life, what is misery? It is the pain created from wrong suspicions.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The removal of all boundaries, all distractions, leaving us with nothing but each other - scary. What kind of people would we be without… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“The extreme affliction which overtakes human beings does not create human misery, it merely reveals it.” — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Some sentiment other than love united these two beings, and inspired with mutual anxiety their movements and their thoughts. Misery is, perhaps, the most… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.” — Virgil Copy Share Image
“REMEMBER HOW STRONG WE ARE IN OUR HAPPINESS, AND HOW WEAK HE IS IN IS MISERY!” — Charles Dickens 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
“I prefer men who don't fall down and weep, who absorb a blow, who do not scamper and yell when chased, but stand firm,… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
