Marc Collins-Rector quotes

Marc Collins-Rector quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“We've been socialized with these concepts of love, intimacy, that have no bearing on reality.”
-- Marc Collins-Rector

#Reality Quotes #Intimacy Quotes

“The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're a layer between our minds and the physical reality around us, obviously, but the layer seems like it's always in flux, like an asteroid belt, constantly moving.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
“We hope we're better. The reality is we had a pretty darn good team last year. But you can't just throw your gloves out there and be good again. We want to take that next step as a team.”
“I'd like to set things straight, a few more people should be pulling their weight.”
“We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.”
“The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.”
“The words â€˜I Love Youâ€™ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.”
“All intimacy is rare-that's what makes it precious.”
“I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.”
“We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.”
“Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.”

Source : David Baldacci (2009). “The Simple Truth”, p.420, Pan Macmillan

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