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title: "2 Charred Doves Quotes By Marisha Pessl"
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> [His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/his-characters-are-ravaged-beaten-they-walk-through-infernos-and/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/marisha-pessl-1802_beaten_his-characters-are-ravaged-beaten-they-w_143398.png)

> [“His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerge charred doves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/his-characters-are-ravaged-beaten-they-walk-through-infernos-and-2/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

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## More by Marisha Pessl

> [“America's greatest revelation was not the atom bomb, not Fundamentalism, not fat farms, not Elvis, not even the quite astute observation that gentlemen prefer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/america-s-greatest-revelation-was-not-the-atom-bomb-not/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“I remembered what Dad said once, that some people have all of life's answers worked out the day they're born and there's no use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/i-remembered-what-dad-said-once-that-some-people-have-all-of-life-s/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“But you go through with it, continue to fight, because you hope one day it won’t be like this. Life can be so cruel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/but-you-go-through-with-it-continue-to-fight-because-you-hope-one-day/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“The dark side of life has a way of finding us all anyway, so stop chasing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/the-dark-side-of-life-has-a-way-of-finding-us-all-anyway-so-stop/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“ Secrets —even in hardened criminals, they were just air pockets lodged under debris at the bottom of an ocean. It might take an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/secrets-even-in-hardened-criminals-they-were-just-air-pockets-lodged/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [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 and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/it-s-kind-of-funny-the-moments-on-which-life-hinges-i-think-growing/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“It was the cause of many of Dad's outrages too, when people elected themselves his personal oracle of Delphi... They'd made the mistake of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/it-was-the-cause-of-many-of-dad-s-outrages-too-when-people-elected/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“Today dies a crooked and gluttonus man' - it was true, at least literally; McCullough allegedly weighed three hundred pounds and suffered from scoliosis.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/today-dies-a-crooked-and-gluttonus-man-it-was-true-at-least-literally/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [Always live your life with your biography in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/always-live-your-life-with-your-biography-in-mind/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [Life was a freight train barreling toward just one stop, our loved ones streaking past our windows in blurs of color and light. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/life-was-a-freight-train-barreling-toward-just-one-stop-our-loved/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“Whilst man is in one location, he thinks of another. Dancing with one woman, he can't help but long to see the quiet curve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/whilst-man-is-in-one-location-he-thinks-of-another-dancing-with-one/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/his-characters-are-ravaged-beaten-they-walk-through-infernos-and/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“A deus ex machina will never appear in real life so you best make other arrangements.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/a-deus-ex-machina-will-never-appear-in-real-life-so-you-best-make/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [“Well, everyone and their grandmother knows she's still banging Charles after all these years —" "Like a screen in a tornado. Sure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/well-everyone-and-their-grandmother-knows-she-s-still-banging-charles/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

> [I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisha-pessl/i-think-every-writer-has-a-book-that-haunts-them-and-on-some-level/)

[Marisha Pessl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisha-pessl/)

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