“Machineries of reason, machineries of conduct, machineries of virtue. The machine that regulates instinct, keeps one’s hands free of another man’s throat, free of one’s own. These machines have all, as someone said, gone too long in the elements. Gummed now, rusted, bloodless. I forget who said it and I no longer care.” MenLongSaidReasonHandsCareForgetGoneVirtueElementsMachinesInstinctThroatMachineryAnother Man Author:Ben Marcus
“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.” LoveFeelsColdDryUnderwaterLike Being Alone Book:Notable American Women: A Novel Source: Notable American Women: A Novel
“A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it.” ShouldSelfSometimesShowsBodyHellNeededEvidenceSpills Book:Leaving the Sea Source: Leaving the Sea
