“ Que sont les fantasmes ? Des rêves dont nous nous servons pour nous préserver de la réalité. Notre monde est un plancher rigide qui nous casse le dos si on dort à même le sol. Marisha Pessl
“ Nora, biting her lip, pointed at the small end table on my right, where there was a black-and-white photograph in an antique silver frame. It was Olivia standing with her husband, Knightly, probably s… Marisha Pessl
“ Love is this elusive bird, he said. You're the lifelong bird-watcher, looking for this rare red-plumed quail people spend entire lives trying to see for three seconds in a cherry tree on a mountaintop… Marisha Pessl
“ Life does not belong to you. It is the apartment you rent. Love without fear, for love is an airplane that carries you to new lands. There is a universe in silence. A tunnel to peace in a scream. Get… Marisha Pessl
“ It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again. Marisha Pessl
“ It appeared in the Internet age, pianos, like physical books, were fast becoming culturally extinct. They'd probably stay that way unless Apple invented the iPiano, which fit inside your pocket and co… Marisha Pessl
“ Everyone associated with the slow printed word is fast becoming the Great Crested Newt of the culture. First it was the poets, the playwrights, then the novelists. Veteran newspapermen are next Marisha Pessl
“ Connie Madison Parker, age 36, on Merchandise: You got to put yourgoods on display, babe. Otherwise, not only will the boys ignore you but—an'trust me on this, my sister's flat as you—we're talkin' th… Marisha Pessl
“ You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up. Marisha Pessl
“ Wir sind alle Anthologien. Wir sind Tausende von Seiten lang, voller Märchen und Poesie, Geheimnisse und Tragödien und vergessener Geschichten ganz am Ende, die nie jemand lesen wird. Marisha Pessl
“ There might be a Starbucks on every corner and an iPhone at every ear, but don’t worry, people are still fucking crazy. Marisha Pessl
“ Sadly, American teenagers are to a weightless vacuum as seat cushions are to polyurethane foam - Marisha Pessl
“ Once you slaughter the lamb, you are capable of everything and anything, and the world is yours. Marisha Pessl
“ Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry. Marisha Pessl
“ I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until I became that person. Or he became me.’ In the end, a man turns into what he thinks he is, however large or small. Marisha Pessl
“ I don't . Religion? Humans desperate to take out infinity insurance. Death? The great big . Love? Dopamine released in the brain, which gets depleted over time, leaving contempt. Marisha Pessl
“ Astrid taught me some of the words. I've never forgotten them. One was 'terulya.' It meant deep-diving love, a love that excavates you. It's something you have to have before you die in order to have… Marisha Pessl
