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Marisha Pessl Quotes

Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time Picture Quote #1

I haven’t always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it’s so isolating Picture Quote #1

Most people ended up, after only a couple of months, so far away from where they’d intended to go, stuck in some barbed underbrush of a quagmire when they’d meant to head straight to the ocean Picture Quote #1

I was aware too how strange adults were, how theirs lives were vaster than they wanted anyone to realize, that they actually stretched on and on like deserts, dry and desolate, with an unpredictable, shifting sea of dunes Picture Quote #1

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 and the scars. It’s how you learn. And try to make improvements Picture Quote #1

Funnily enough, it is the subject one dreads talking about at length one ends up talking about at length, often without the slightest provocation Picture Quote #1

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It’s a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they’re familiar with Picture Quote #1

Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out? Picture Quote #1

Just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom, you realize you’re standing on another trapdoor Picture Quote #1

As much as some people would like to believe, for their own peace of mind, that the appearance of evil in this world had a clean cause, the truth was never that simple Picture Quote #1

What you tend to find in the personal lives of brilliant men is devastation akin to a nuclear bomb going off Picture Quote #1

We’re living longer, we social network alone with our screens, and our depth of feeling gets shallower. Soon it’ll be nothing but a tide pool, then a thimble of water, then a micro drop Picture Quote #1

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Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart. It contains what you do everything for, strive for, wound everything around you Picture Quote #1

Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they’re still good Picture Quote #1

I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don’t understand you at all stick around Picture Quote #1

It’s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything we want it is one day to leave us. It’s the something unseen, the lurking devastation, the darkness that gives our lives dimension Picture Quote #1

People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus Picture Quote #1

... the deepest secrets about ourselves that we, in the ultimate act of humanity, will spare those we truly love Picture Quote #1

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It’s not fair. It’s not. But then, that’s the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don’t want it to. The ending gives it meaning Picture Quote #1

It felt as if we’d been to war together. Deep in a jungle, alone, I had relied on them, these strangers. They’d held me up in ways only people could. When it was over, an ending never felt like an ending, only an exhausted draw, we went our separate ways. Be we were bonded forever by the history of it, the simple fact they’d seen the raw side of me and me of them, a side no one, not even closest friends or family had ever seen before, or probably ever would Picture Quote #1

Life had been a suit I’d only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my closet, forgetting it was there. We were meant to die when it was barely stitched anymore, when the elbows and knees were stained with grass and mud, shoulder pads uneven from people hugging you all the time, downpours and blistering sun, the fabric faded, buttons gone Picture Quote #1

I’m not afraid of total failure. In the end, we’re all just food for worms, so what are we so worried about? Picture Quote #1

It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again Picture Quote #1

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Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time (Marisha Pessl Quotes) I haven’t always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it’s so isolating (Marisha Pessl Quotes) Most people ended up, after only a couple of months, so far away from where they’d intended to go, stuck in some barbed underbrush of a quagmire when they’d meant to head straight to the ocean (Marisha Pessl Quotes) I was aware too how strange adults were, how theirs lives were vaster than they wanted anyone to realize, that they actually stretched on and on like deserts, dry and desolate, with an unpredictable, shifting sea of dunes (Marisha Pessl Quotes) 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 and the scars. It’s how you learn. And try to make improvements (Marisha Pessl Quotes) Funnily enough, it is the subject one dreads talking about at length one ends up talking about at length, often without the slightest provocation (Marisha Pessl Quotes) It’s a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they’re familiar with (Marisha Pessl Quotes) Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out? (Marisha Pessl Quotes) Just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom, you realize you’re standing on another trapdoor (Marisha Pessl Quotes) As much as some people would like to believe, for their own peace of mind, that the appearance of evil in this world had a clean cause, the truth was never that simple (Marisha Pessl Quotes) What you tend to find in the personal lives of brilliant men is devastation akin to a nuclear bomb going off (Marisha Pessl Quotes) We’re living longer, we social network alone with our screens, and our depth of feeling gets shallower. Soon it’ll be nothing but a tide pool, then a thimble of water, then a micro drop (Marisha Pessl Quotes) Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart. It contains what you do everything for, strive for, wound everything around you (Marisha Pessl Quotes) Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they’re still good (Marisha Pessl Quotes) I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don’t understand you at all stick around (Marisha Pessl Quotes) It’s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything we want it is one day to leave us. It’s the something unseen, the lurking devastation, the darkness that gives our lives dimension (Marisha Pessl Quotes) People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus (Marisha Pessl Quotes) ... the deepest secrets about ourselves that we, in the ultimate act of humanity, will spare those we truly love (Marisha Pessl Quotes) It’s not fair. It’s not. But then, that’s the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don’t want it to. The ending gives it meaning (Marisha Pessl Quotes) It felt as if we’d been to war together. Deep in a jungle, alone, I had relied on them, these strangers. They’d held me up in ways only people could. When it was over, an ending never felt like an ending, only an exhausted draw, we went our separate ways. Be we were bonded forever by the history of it, the simple fact they’d seen the raw side of me and me of them, a side no one, not even closest friends or family had ever seen before, or probably ever would (Marisha Pessl Quotes) Life had been a suit I’d only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my closet, forgetting it was there. We were meant to die when it was barely stitched anymore, when the elbows and knees were stained with grass and mud, shoulder pads uneven from people hugging you all the time, downpours and blistering sun, the fabric faded, buttons gone (Marisha Pessl Quotes) I’m not afraid of total failure. In the end, we’re all just food for worms, so what are we so worried about? (Marisha Pessl Quotes) It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again (Marisha Pessl Quotes)

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