Ben Loory quotes
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“Eventually the man comes to see that he has a mind, and that his mind is like a fist, wrapped tightly around a single thought. He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter what the cost.”
-- Ben LoorySource : Ben Loory (2011). “Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day”, p.130, Penguin
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“Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow. Then he met it. Now he glows in the dark.”
-- Ben LoorySource : Ben Loory (2011). “Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day”, p.44, Penguin
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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Source : "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. July 3, 2016.
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