New American Stories Quotes

“why do you think poseurs pose? Because they want to be invited to the dominion of the real, an almost magical zone of unselfed sensation, and they know their very desire for it disqualifies them. Consider that, the next time you cluck your tongue at some awful, grandiose fake. Dude just wants to feel.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“There were stories in the territory, stories that could turn a sane man sour and a sour man worse.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“I am bleeding to death.

It doesn't hurt at all.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“The sun gets better at setting.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“...Lots of people have been touched by Jesus. But I have been touched by God.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“Do. You. Ever. Feel. Guilty." He smiled.

"Doesn't everybody?”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“The sign red "Sky and Celery." Closer, it read "Ski and Cyclery.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“Everyone always says, 'Don't you want to see the baby, don't you want to see the baby,' but if I did want to see a fat, bald, confused person, obviously I'd have only to look in the mirror.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“...with is arms heavy-light from having just bench-press three hundred pounds...”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories

“Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? How about this: I lost without the love. I’ve lost things I’ve never even had. A whole life.”
― Ben Marcus, New American Stories