Marisha Pessl quotes

In America, people of a certain age ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' In my house you were more likely to be asked, 'Where were you when you first read 'The Catcher In The Rye?' (Marisha Pessl)
I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on. View quote
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I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily. View quote
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Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of. View quote
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Happiness is a hound dog in the sun. We aren't on Earth to be happy, but to experience incredible things. - Hannah Schneider. View quote
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May you walk a lighted path. May you fight for truth - your truth, not someone else's - and may you understand, above all things, that you are the most important concept, theory, and philosophy I have ever known. View quote
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For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing. View quote
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People don't realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus. View quote
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Always live your life with your biography in mind. View quote
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I was aware now, as ever, that between all people there were First Times You See Them and Last Times you See Them. View quote
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It's easy to be yourself in the dark. (Marisha Pessl)
I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita' is that book for me. Nabokov's love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring. View quote
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Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it's your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can. View quote
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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. View quote
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Look at Picasso. O'Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can force you to do powerful work. View quote
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When you grow up--and from the look of things, you have awhile--but you learn things never go back to normal simply because everyone's sorry. Sorry is ridiculous. View quote
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Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor. View quote
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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? View quote
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I hate how the people who reallyyou are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don't understand youstick around. View quote
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Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. View quote
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Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect. (Marisha Pessl)
Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world. View quote
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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, for, everything around you. View quote
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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. View quote
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... I couldn't let go of the thought that it had, in fact, been he, restless and moody Heathcliff. Day after day, he floated through all the Wal-Marts in America, searching for me in a million lonely aisles. View quote
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Marisha Pessl

Occupation: American Writer
Born: October 26, 1977
Quotes count: 39