House Of Leaves Quotes

House Of Leaves Quotes by Mark Z. Danielewski, Robert Genn and many others.

Losing the possibility of something is the exact same t

Losing the possibility of something is the exact same thing as losing hope and without hope nothing can survive.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Little solace comes to those who grieve when thoughts keep drifting as walls keep shifting and this great blue world of ours seems a house of leaves moments before the wind.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Whatever you do, don’t let your system run you.
Robert Genn
Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.
Mark Z. Danielewski
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
Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space.
Mark Z. Danielewski
This great blue world of ours is but a house of leaves, moments before the wind.
Mark Z. Danielewski
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.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one holding it. Thus one craves what by seeing one has in fact not seen.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.
Mark Z. Danielewski
I took my morning walk, I took my evening walk, I ate something, I thought about something, I wrote, I napped and dreamt something too, and with all that something, I still have nothing because so much of sum’thing has always been and always will be you.
Mark Z. Danielewski
Why did god create a dual universe? So he might say ‘Be not like me. I am alone.’ And it might be heard.
Mark Z. Danielewski
We all create stories to protect ourselves.
Mark Z. Danielewski