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  • Ben Marcus Quote - My first book, ‘The Age of Wire and String,’ came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all. Download This Image
  • Ben Marcus Quote - My first book, ‘The Age of Wire and String,’ came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.
  • Ben Marcus Quote - My first book, ‘The Age of Wire and String,’ came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.
  • Ben Marcus Quote - My first book, ‘The Age of Wire and String,’ came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.
  • Ben Marcus Quote - My first book, ‘The Age of Wire and String,’ came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.
  • Ben Marcus Quote - My first book, ‘The Age of Wire and String,’ came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.
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My first book, ‘The Age of Wire and String,’ came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I’ve come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level.

    When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I’ve come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - It’s lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I’ve made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There’s joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it’s not yours. Download This Image

    It’s lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I’ve made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There’s joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it’s not yours.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - 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.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - To me one of the amazing technologies of writing is the way it can listen in on thoughts. I don’t feel that that’s natural to other art forms in the same way. Download This Image

    To me one of the amazing technologies of writing is the way it can listen in on thoughts. I don’t feel that that’s natural to other art forms in the same way.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - In certain strains of Judaism, there’s a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our tiny minds can’t possibly comprehend Him. If we find ourselves comprehending Him, then we can be sure we’re off track. Download This Image

    In certain strains of Judaism, there’s a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our tiny minds can’t possibly comprehend Him. If we find ourselves comprehending Him, then we can be sure we’re off track.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - 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.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail. Download This Image

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

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can’t just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches.

    The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can’t just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise. Download This Image

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

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - Being with him was like being alone underwater – everything was slow; nothing counted; I could not be harmed; I would feel dry and cold when I resurfaced.

    Being with him was like being alone underwater – everything was slow; nothing counted; I could not be harmed; I would feel dry and cold when I resurfaced.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I’ve written and throwing it away.

    Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I’ve written and throwing it away.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood. Download This 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, can die without being misunderstood.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - I’m interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or ‘explains,’ the larger mysteries of religion.

    I’m interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or ‘explains,’ the larger mysteries of religion.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - 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.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - I work, and then I leave the office, and I’m with my kids and just sort of enjoy them on a visceral level, and I don’t feel like I’m exorcising my own deep ideas about parenthood and about how my life will come into play in my work. Download This Image

    I work, and then I leave the office, and I’m with my kids and just sort of enjoy them on a visceral level, and I don’t feel like I’m exorcising my own deep ideas about parenthood and about how my life will come into play in my work.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Marcus Quote - 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