Marc Tollin
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Marc Tollin
# The Ugly Organ Turns 20
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* Author: Stereogum
* Full Title: The Ugly Organ Turns 20
* Category: #articles
* URL: https://www.stereogum.com/2215544/cursive-the-ugly-organ-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/
### Highlights
Meanwhile, Worst Party Ever and American
... See more“What were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
―Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King
Inadequacy of expression is merely a minor part of the great tragedy of humanity. Only an ass thinks that he has succeeded in uttering the perfect content of his thought without either excess or defect."
Arthur Machen • The Secret Glory
That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez • One Hundred Years of Solitude
“I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, ‘If only that hadn’t happened, life would be so good.’ Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path.”
It is true I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.
Barbara Kingsolver • The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
And it was the kind of thing that loses the most important nuances when reduced to words.