'House of Leaves' is certainly about the unsettling nature of fear - and it was my aim to address that - but… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
This great blue world of ours is but a house of leaves, moments before the wind. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“In the future, readers of newspapers and magazines will probably view news pictures more as illustrations than as reportage, since they will be well aware that they can no longer distinguish between a genuine image and one that has been manipulated. Even if news photographers and editors resist the temptations of electronic manipulation, as they are likely to do, the… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share
Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Little solace comes to those who grieve when thoughts keep drifting as walls keep shifting and this great blue world of ours… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“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 everything for all her seasons give from losing. She, I sigh from The Mountain top. By her now. My only role. And for that freedom, spread my polar chill, reaching even the warmest times, a warning… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share
Keep true to the rare music in your heart, to the marvelous and unique form that is and shall always be nothing else but… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“Even up until these final eons of time, we felt we could create anything. We could build ourselves a heaven. But why? We were Heaven already. Only in the very end did we try to build a S.O.U.L. That which would outlast V.E.M., outlast The Verse, outlast death. But it was impossible. Or we were too late. Though still the… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share
I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“the seriousness of emotional deprivation: It is not difficult to understand how children who have suffered from malnutrition or starvation need food and plenty of care in their bodies are to recover so they can go on to lead normal lives. If, however, the starvation is severe enough, the damage will be permanent and they will suffer physical impairments for… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share
The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Scientists estimate the universe unfolded from its state of infinite destiny* - a moment commonly referred to as "the big bang" - approximately 1.3-2… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“- Whenever we roam be beside me. When you're allone. When you go. When no one comes along. And for all we Wander. Encounter and open Allways curl up with me. Give me pain, past and fury. Betray my way. I won't abandon you.-” — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share
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… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“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 Record have shown an increase in obsessiveness, insomnia, and incoherence: "Most of those who chose to abandon their interest soon recovered. A few, however, required counseling and in some instances medication and hospitalization. Three cases resulted… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share
“What can I say? I'm taken; I love how enthralled she remains by this festival of living.” — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
