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Ben Marcus quotes: Perhaps they didn't know they were at sea. Was there a certain percentage of people at sea who lacked the knowledge that they were at sea?

Perhaps they didn't know they were at sea. Was there a certain percentage of people at sea who lacked the knowledge that they were at sea?

Ben Marcus quotes: My parents showed me by example that they could balance their work and family lives.

My parents showed me by example that they could balance their work and family lives.

Ben Marcus quotes: Something struck us as wrong, which only meant that we had not thought of it ourselves.

Something struck us as wrong, which only meant that we had not thought of it ourselves.

Ben Marcus quotes: The Living: Those members, persons, and items that still appear to engage their hands into what is hot, what is rubbery, what cannot be seen or lifted

The Living: Those members, persons, and items that still appear to engage their hands into what is hot, what is rubbery, what cannot be seen or lifted

Ben Marcus quotes: Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children.

Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children.

Ben Marcus quotes: When men cough or talk into their own hands, they are praying to their own bones, hoping to change their minds about something.

When men cough or talk into their own hands, they are praying to their own bones, hoping to change their minds about something.

Ben Marcus quotes: Verbalize someone's actions back to them. Menace them with language, the language mirror. Death by feedback.

Verbalize someone's actions back to them. Menace them with language, the language mirror. Death by feedback.

Ben Marcus quotes: I would like to outsmart the role that is destined for me. But I can't. I have failed to destroy my category.

I would like to outsmart the role that is destined for me. But I can't. I have failed to destroy my category.

Ben Marcus quotes: These people who were supposed to be my family, who had conspired to look enough like me to serve as a critique of my appearance ...

These people who were supposed to be my family, who had conspired to look enough like me to serve as a critique of my appearance ...

Ben Marcus quotes: My intention had not been to find her, for I had been busy being lonely with someone else.

My intention had not been to find her, for I had been busy being lonely with someone else.

Ben Marcus quotes: Judaism to me, as badly as I practiced it, what I've always loved about it was its total embrace of complexity, its admission of unknowability.

Judaism to me, as badly as I practiced it, what I've always loved about it was its total embrace of complexity, its admission of unknowability.

Ben Marcus quotes: Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise.

Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise.

Ben Marcus quotes: Fiction is too complicated and too elusive to break down into a set of tricks.

Fiction is too complicated and too elusive to break down into a set of tricks.

Ben Marcus quotes: Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.

Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.

Ben Marcus quotes: He had seemed daunting when I first saw him off the trail, hulking over the Jewish couple as if he might carve into their backs and eat them. Now

He had seemed daunting when I first saw him off the trail, hulking over the Jewish couple as if he might carve into their backs and eat them. Now

Ben Marcus quotes: It was so easy to agree to what did not test us.

It was so easy to agree to what did not test us.

Ben Marcus quotes: A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail.

A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail.

Ben Marcus quotes: Franklin was a thin, pink person who was either a genius or, well, not one. Chances weren't.

Franklin was a thin, pink person who was either a genius or, well, not one. Chances weren't.

Ben Marcus quotes: Rain is used as white noise when God is disgusted by too much prayer, when the sky is stuffed to bursting with the noise of what people need.

Rain is used as white noise when God is disgusted by too much prayer, when the sky is stuffed to bursting with the noise of what people need.

Ben Marcus quotes: Literature is fighting for its very life because compromise is mistook for ambition, and joining up is preferred to standing out ...

Literature is fighting for its very life because compromise is mistook for ambition, and joining up is preferred to standing out ...

Ben Marcus quotes: I love the way dates in a text make us think that truth will follow.

I love the way dates in a text make us think that truth will follow.

Ben Marcus quotes: Maybe this was the quiet before the real fucking quiet.

Maybe this was the quiet before the real fucking quiet.

Ben Marcus quotes: We can contain such secret misery, perversion.

We can contain such secret misery, perversion.

Ben Marcus quotes: I needed my daughter to disappear from my sight. If I could have had a wish, I would have wished her away.

I needed my daughter to disappear from my sight. If I could have had a wish, I would have wished her away.

Ben Marcus quotes: ...identity compromises (relationships) may result...

...identity compromises (relationships) may result...

Ben Marcus quotes: In a perfect world the current laws would not apply.

In a perfect world the current laws would not apply.

Ben Marcus quotes: My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.

My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.

Ben Marcus quotes: Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it.

Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it.

Ben Marcus quotes: A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it.

A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it.

Ben Marcus quotes: The task of being right is a task the father perfects over time.

The task of being right is a task the father perfects over time.

Ben Marcus quotes: Without sound, celebration and grief look nearly the same.

Without sound, celebration and grief look nearly the same.

Ben Marcus quotes: Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth.

Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth.

Ben Marcus quotes: I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Bernhard.

I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Bernhard.

Ben Marcus quotes: What treaty is it that finally separates those two territories, the hard resolve of our exteriors and the terrible disaster on our insides?

What treaty is it that finally separates those two territories, the hard resolve of our exteriors and the terrible disaster on our insides?

Ben Marcus quotes: Eventually you stop paying attention to your own feelings when there's nothing to be done about them.

Eventually you stop paying attention to your own feelings when there's nothing to be done about them.

Ben Marcus quotes: My goal, with whatever I'm working on, is to lose track of time.

My goal, with whatever I'm working on, is to lose track of time.

Ben Marcus quotes: It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.

It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.

Ben Marcus quotes: The other kids formed a roving pack, moving like one of those clusters of birds that seem to share a single, frantic brain.

The other kids formed a roving pack, moving like one of those clusters of birds that seem to share a single, frantic brain.