It’s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything… — Marisha Pessl Darkness 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
“Never try to change the narrative structure of someone else's story, though you will certainly be tempted to, as you watch those… — 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
“Have you seen the world lately, McGrath? The cruelty, the lack of connection? If you're an artist, I'm sure you can't help… — Marisha Pessl Art 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 Life Copy Share Image
“It's a terrible thing, to lie. It's a field you keep seeding and watering and plowing, but nothing will ever grow on… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
But when you flee someone, no matter how far you roam, that person will follow you as doggedly as the stars. — Marisha Pessl Matter Copy Share Image
She told me her father taught her to live life way beyond the cusp of it, way out in the outer reaches… — Marisha Pessl Afternoon Copy Share Image
“They saw me. Milton's smile curled off his face like unsticky tape. And I knew immediately, I was a boy band, a… — Marisha Pessl Betrayal Copy Share Image
“There was an unspoken understanding that when a reporter chased a story, hunches and theories became airborne and other reporters could catch… — Marisha Pessl Learning Copy Share Image
“Could something be real when all evidence of it was gone? Was something categorically true if it lived on only in your… — Marisha Pessl Dreams Copy Share Image
“One of my pet peeves was when an adult imagined they had to encapsulate Life for you, hand you Life in a… — Marisha Pessl Adults Copy Share Image
As much as some people would like to believe, for their own peace of mind, that the appearance of evil in this… — Marisha Pessl Appearance 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
“But that was how it went sometimes, the English language, when you really needed it, crumbled to clay in your mouth. That’s… — Marisha Pessl English language Copy Share Image
“America's greatest revelation was not the atom bomb, not Fundamentalism, not fat farms, not Elvis, not even the quite astute observation that… — Marisha Pessl Atom bomb Copy Share Image
What, really, was the difference between something hounding you and something leading you somewhere? — Marisha Pessl Differences Copy Share Image
May you walk a lighted path. May you fight for truth - your truth, not someone else's - and may you understand,… — Marisha Pessl Fighting Copy Share Image
He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse… — Marisha Pessl Improvement Copy Share Image
“As far as one journeys, as much as a man sees, from the turrets of the Taj Mahal to the Siberian wilds,… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
