--- title: "Best Mark Z. Danielewski Words" description: "Mark Z. Danielewski is an American fiction author best known for his debut novel House of Leaves. Browse 162 Mark Z. Danielewski quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b098/author-mark-z-danielewski-2497.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mark Z. Danielewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b098/author-mark-z-danielewski-2497.jpg) # Mark Z. Danielewski (1965) Writer United States **162** quotes in **586** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mark Z. Danielewski is a writer from the United States, best known for *House of Leaves*. ## Quick Facts About Mark Z. Danielewski Born March 5, 1965 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works House of Leaves ## About Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves won the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, and his second novel Only Revolutions was nominated for the National Book Award. ## Quotes by Mark Z. Danielewski · Page 5 > [ “How much \[vastly {immensely (unfathomably) tremendously}...\] Anwar loves \[t\]his child. It continues to take him by surprise \[even when she confounds him… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-z-danielewski/how-much-vastly-immensely-unfathomably-tremendously-anwar-loves-t-his/) [Mark Z. Danielewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-z-danielewski/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/mark-z-danielewski-2497_family_how-much-vastly-immensely-unfathomably-t_3082755.jpg) > [People frequently comment on the emptiness in one night stands, but emptiness here has always been just another word for darkness. 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