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House of Leaves

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Radleys is back with his funniest, most devastating dark comedy yet, a “silly, sad, suspenseful, and soulful” (Philadelphia Inquirer) novel that’s “full of heart” (Entertainment Weekly).<BR

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Characters

Mark Z. Danielewski (55)Mark Z. Danielweski (1)

“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Create, Imagine, Imagination, defense, Story

“I want something else. I’m not even sure what to call it anymore except I know it feels roomy and it’s drenched in sunlight and it’s weightless and I know it’s not cheap. Probably not even real.”

— Mark Z. Danielweski, amazon.com

Tagged: Desire, Uncertainty, possibilities

“Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Positivity, Reflection, Miracle, Acceptance

“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Stories, Lies, lying, Dishonesty, Saving Self

“It may be the wrong decision, but fuck it, it’s mine.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Decisions, self

“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Passion, Endurance, Patience

“There once was a poor man who walked around without shoes. His feet were covered in calluses. One day a rich man felt sorry for the poor man and bought him a pair of Nikes. The poor man was extremely grateful and wore the shoes constantly. Well after a year or so, the shoes fell apart. So the poor m…”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: poor, rich, charity

“I want something else. I’m not even sure what to call it anymore.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Wants, desires, Needs

“Here then - the after math of meaning. A liftime finished between the space of two frames.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Time, Here, Then

“I must read.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Reading, Books, Bookworm

“Focus on these words, and whatever you do don’t let your eyes wander past the perimeter of this page. Now imagine just beyond your peripheral vision, maybe behind you, maybe to the side of you, maybe even in front of you, but right where you can’t see it, something is quietly closing in on you, so q…”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Horror, creepy, monsters

“Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Lime, Alcohol, Funny

“I miss you. I love you. There’s no second I’ve lived you can’t call your own.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Missing You, Love, Relationships

“I'm so tired. Sleep's been stalking me for too long to remember.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Sleep, Tired, stalker

“The greatest love letters are always encoded for the one and not the many.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Love Letters, Personalization

“Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Future, Limitations, Dreams

“FUCK. A great by-the-bootstrap prayer or curse of you prefer, depending on how you look at it, or use it, suited perfectly for hurling at the skies or at the world.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Curse Words, Prayers, Fuck

“There is no such thing as the last straw. There is only hay.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Last Straw, Hay, Effort

“Love inhabits more than just the heart and mind.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Hearts, minds

“Look at Ahab's whale. Now there's a great symbol. Some say it stands for god, meaning, and purpose. Others say it stands for purposelessness and the void. But what we sometimes forget is that Ahab's whale was also just a whale.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

Tagged: Symbols, Writing, Metaphors