Mark Z. Danielewski quotes - page 2

... life's big. If you can't fix it, give it a spin. (Mark Z. Danielewski)
Absolutely nothing visible to the eye provides a reason for or even evidence of those terrifying shifts which can in a matter of moments reconstitute a simple path into an extremely complicated one. View quote
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Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful. View quote
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Very soon he will vanish completely in the wings of his own wordless stanza. [ ] but his stanza is not completely empty [ * ]. View quote
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Come morning I found the day as I have found every other day--without relief or explanation. View quote
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... the finest act of seeing is necessarily always the act of not seeing something else. View quote
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Here then - the after math of meaning. A liftime finished between the space of two frames. View quote
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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 x 10^10 years ago. *Typo: "destiny" should read "density. View quote
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Maybe you saw her first? Caught a glimpse between the lines, between the letters, like a ghost in the mirror, a ghost in the wings? View quote
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I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares. View quote
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Scars are the paler pain of survival received unwillingly and displayed in the language of injury. (Mark Z. Danielewski)
Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila. View quote
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Why did god create a dual universe? So he might say ‘Be not like me. I am alone.' And it might be heard. View quote
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Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book. View quote
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What miracle is this? This giant tree. It stands ten thousand feet high But doesn't reach the ground. Still it stands. Its roots must hold the sky. View quote
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Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead. View quote
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... and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along. View quote
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And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence. View quote
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No one ever really gets used to nightmares. View quote
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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 like to lay claim to some extraordinary act of originality, truth is I'm only taking advantage of capabilities inherent in everyone. View quote
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One forgets that one is one. I must try to remember this. (Mark Z. Danielewski)
I've come to believe errors, especially written errors, are often the only markers left by a solitary life: to sacrifice them is to lose the angles of personality, the riddle of a soul. In this case a very old soul. A very old riddle. View quote
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Very soon he will vanish completely in the wings of his own wordless stanza. View quote
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My dear girl, is it that you are so lonely that you had to create this? View quote
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This is not for you. View quote
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