Marisha Pessl quotes - page 2

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)
...deep-diving love, a love that excavates you. It's something you have to have before you die in order to have lived. View quote
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What you tend to find in the personal lives of brilliant men is devastation akin to a nuclear bomb going off. View quote
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...how monstrous the people you loved could be. View quote
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If I scribbled a few words on a cocktail napkin and showed it to my family, they'd proclaim it astonishing and more culturally relevant than the Bible. View quote
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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. View quote
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In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left. View quote
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When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words. View quote
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Juliet and Romeo be damned, you can't be in love until you've flossed your teeth next to the person at least three hundred times. View quote
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Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall. View quote
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...the deepest secrets about ourselves that we, in the ultimate act of humanity, will spare those we truly love. (Marisha Pessl)
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. View quote
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Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they're still good. View quote
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I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating. View quote
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Marisha Pessl

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