Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it. Mark Z. Danielewski More Quotes by Mark Z. Danielewski More Quotes From 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. Mark Z. Danielewski eyesimplematter Tom gets by, Navidson succeeds. Tom just wants to be, Navidson must become. And yet despite such obvious differences, anyone who looks past Tom's wide grin and considers his eyes will find surprisingly deep pools of sorrow. Which is how we know they are brothers, because like Tom, Navidson's eyes share the same water. Mark Z. Danielewski eyebrotherpast I could see her get all nervous but she was also excited. Nightmares have that quality, don't they? Mark Z. Danielewski nervousnightmarequality 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? Mark Z. Danielewski glimpsemirrorswings Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead. Mark Z. Danielewski heartedlove-lifebroken Quick note here: if this crush-slash-swooning stuff is hard for you to stomach, if youve never had a similar experience, then you should come to grips with the fact that youve got a TV dinner for a heart and might want to consider climbing inside a microwave and turning it on high for at least an hour, which if you do consider only goes to show what kind of idiot you truly are because microwaves are way too small for anyone, let alone you, to climb into. Mark Z. Danielewski climbingcrushheart Come morning I found the day as I have found every other day--without relief or explanation. Mark Z. Danielewski relieffoundmorning I'm not independently wealthy. Mark Z. Danielewski wealthy My interest is in how meaning is communicated via language, and I believe the shape, positioning, even the color of the language has an effect on meaning. Mark Z. Danielewski shapescolorbelieve Literature is capable of being a subject that people want to catch up on or discuss, whether at a coffee shop or a watercooler. It can become an intrinsic part of their dialogue. Mark Z. Danielewski coffeeliteraturepeople ...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. Mark Z. Danielewski bodymean 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. Mark Z. Danielewski originalityhousebelieve At the breakfast table we are footnoting everything that we read. We don't recognise it as such but we encounter an article in the newspaper and then suddenly we recall that a friend had a certain comment on that particular story, a certain bit of news that we saw on the television applies to that and we immediately assemble an idea of a story. Mark Z. Danielewski tablesbreakfastideas Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple. Mark Z. Danielewski responsemultipleway The finest act of seeing is necessarily always the act of not seeing something else. Mark Z. Danielewski finestseeing Physics depends on a universe infinitely centred on an equals sign. Mark Z. Danielewski dependsbalancephysics The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many. Mark Z. Danielewski love-letterletters One forgets that one is one. I must try to remember this. Mark Z. Danielewski forgetremembertrying No one ever really gets used to nightmares. Mark Z. Danielewski house-of-leavesnightmareused The ruminations are mine, let the world be yours. Mark Z. Danielewski world-is-yoursruminationworld
