“They should really tack that on to the marriage ceremony: 'Do you promise to love, honor, obey me, and also to kill… — Marisha Pessl Ceremony Copy Share Image
“Moe was a triple threat.” “He could sing, dance, and act?” She shook her head. “He could speak Armenian, saddle break a… — Marisha Pessl Triple-threat Copy Share Image
It's not fair. It's not. But then, that's the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don't… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“When men desire each other, they crash together like wrecking balls, quenching their need right then and there, as if the world… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“When your child is seized by an idea with the zeal of a fundamentalist Bible salesman from Indiana, stand in his or… — Marisha Pessl Bible Copy Share Image
…deep-diving love, a love that excavates you. It’s something you have to have before you die in order to have lived. — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Justice wields an erratic sword, grants mercy to fortunate few. Yet if man doesn't fight for her, 'tis chaos he's left to. — Marisha Pessl Chaos Copy Share Image
“You know what Confucius said?” “Remind me.” “ ‘Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.’ ” — Marisha Pessl Confucius Copy Share Image
“The trying to change what they think, the attempt to explain, the hope they’ll come to see your side of things, it… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“I thus concluded, with the same awe of Jane Goodall discovering the chimpanzees’ nimble use of tools to extract termites, it really… — Marisha Pessl Animal Copy Share Image
“Connie Madison Parker, age 36, on Merchandise: "You got to put your goods on display, babe. Otherwise, not only will the boys… — Marisha Pessl East texas Copy Share Image
...I couldn't let go of the thought that it had, in fact, been he, restless and moody Heathcliff. Day after day, he… — Marisha Pessl America Copy Share Image
Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness, and utter wretchedness, the bread and butter of Days of Yore and… — Marisha Pessl Affliction Copy Share Image
“If all histories have a period known as The Golden Age, somewhere between The Beginning and The End, I suppose those Sundays… — Marisha Pessl Golden age Copy Share Image
“Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart. It contains what you… — Marisha Pessl Prison Copy Share Image
“I'd have to, if on Sunday I wanted to run off with some "slack-jawed Suzy," some "invertebrate," a "post-pubescent wasteoid who imagines… — Marisha Pessl Apes Copy Share Image
“When she opened up that closet and found you cowering in the corner, what did she do? You're still alive, aren't you?… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
It's kind of funny...the moments on which life hinges. I think growing up you always imagine your life--your success--depends on your family… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Dad once noted (somewhat morbidly, I thought at the time) that American institutions would be infinitely more successful in facilitating the pursuit… — Marisha Pessl Darkness Copy Share Image
“Though blessed with the enviable properties of a mink coat—graceful, unreasonable, and impractical no matter what she was draped over—she was nevertheless… — Marisha Pessl Butterfly effect Copy Share Image
“Man's wobbly little mind isn't equipped for hauling around the great unknowns. Very few people realize, there's no point chasing after answers… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a… — Marisha Pessl Analysis Copy Share Image
“My mind was spinning from the symmetry of this equation I suddenly faced: magical on one side, scientific on the other, a… — Marisha Pessl Psychology Copy Share Image
“Oh? Now tell me your gut reaction to the following words. Colonial. Dellahay. Wood. Patio. Five Pieces. Sun resistant, wind resistant, Judgment… — Marisha Pessl Judgment day Copy Share Image
“Dad's romances could last anywhere between a platypus egg incubation (19-21 days) and a squirrel pregnancy (24-45 days).” — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“I know Long Island like I know my kitchen. I understand it’s there for my pleasure and enjoyment, but somehow I never… — marisha pessl Island Copy Share Image
...the deepest secrets about ourselves that we, in the ultimate act of humanity, will spare those we truly love. — Marisha Pessl Humanity Copy Share Image
Look at Picasso. O’Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can… — Marisha Pessl Artist Copy Share Image
Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart. It contains what you… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“This is New York. If people found out worshipping the devil actually worked, every ambitious type A would be practicing it in… — Marisha Pessl Devil Copy Share Image
There was quantum mechanics, string theory, and then there was the most mind-bending frontier of the natural world, women. — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Sadly, American teenagers are to a weightless vacuum as seat cushions are to polyurethane foam - — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“I actually felt awed by the remote possibilities of the person you liked ever liking you back a corresponding amount.” — Marisha Pessl Crush Copy Share Image
I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And… — Marisha Pessl Hate Copy Share Image
Juliet and Romeo be damned, you can't be in love until you've flossed your teeth next to the person at least three… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“It's one of the biggest scandals of life, to learn that the cruelest thing someone could say to you was you were… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Dad's Theory of Arrogance--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway Play. — Marisha Pessl Arrogance Copy Share Image
We're living longer, we social network alone with our screens, and our depth of feeling gets shallower. Soon it'll be nothing but… — Marisha Pessl Depth Copy Share Image
Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
