House of leaves Quotes by Mark Z. Danielewski

8 House of leaves quotes by Mark Z. Danielewski

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Mark Z. Danielewski’s eight excerpts on House of leaves capture a slice of his labyrinthine storytelling. Though limited in number, they hint at the complexity that defines his work.

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Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space.

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'House of Leaves' is certainly about the unsettling nature of fear - and it was my aim to address that - but…

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This great blue world of ours is but a house of leaves, moments before the wind.

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“In the future, readers of newspapers and magazines will probably view news pictures more as illustrations than as reportage, since they will…

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Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.

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Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to…

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I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd…

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Little solace comes to those who grieve when thoughts keep drifting as walls keep shifting and this great blue world of ours…

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“Her. Her. Her. Future breezes implore me to stay. But I'm no future. I'm no past. Only ever contemporary of this path. I'll sacrifice…

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Keep true to the rare music in your heart, to the marvelous and unique form that is and shall always be nothing else but…

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We all create stories to protect ourselves.

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“Even up until these final eons of time, we felt we could create anything. We could build ourselves a heaven. But why? We were…

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I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books.

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“the seriousness of emotional deprivation: It is not difficult to understand how children who have suffered from malnutrition or starvation need food and plenty…

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The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many.

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Scientists estimate the universe unfolded from its state of infinite destiny* - a moment commonly referred to as "the big bang" - approximately 1.3-2…

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“- Whenever we roam be beside me. When you're allone. When you go. When no one comes along. And for all we Wander. Encounter…

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I want something else. I'm not even sure what to call it anymore except I know it feels roomy and it's drenched in sunlight…

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“However, The haven-Slocum Theory also points out that this course is not without risk. An even greater number of people dwelling on The Navidson…

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“What can I say? I'm taken; I love how enthralled she remains by this festival of living.”

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“There's only one choice now: finish what Zampanò himself failed to finish. Re-inter this thing in a binding tomb. Make it only a book.”

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No gunfire, famine, or flies. Just lots of toothpaste, gardening and people stuff.

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'Lord of the Rings' was a set of books in which the world had been conceived before the characters were placed within that context.

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