Quotessence
Home / Books / Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves

Book by Mark Z. Danielewski · 30 quotes · House Of Leaves, Doe, Knows

Filter quotes by topic

AllHouse Of LeavesDoeKnowsLongSoundStillsWayFeelingsFeelsGoneIfsLastsLettersLightLittlesMeanNightmareRememberRootsStories

Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves Quotes

“The thread has snapped. No sound even to mark the breaking let alone the fall. That long anticipated disintegration, when the darkest angel of all, the horror beyond all horrors, sits at last upon my chest, permanently enfolding me in its great covering wings, black as ink, veined in Bees' purple. A creature without a voice. A voice without a name. As immortal as my life. Come here at long last to summon the wind.”

LongLastsFallNamesSoundBlackVoiceWindHorrorCreaturesAngelMarkWingsImmortalChestsBeesThreadInkPurpleCoveringDisintegration
Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
Create image

“Heart may still be the fire in hearth but I'm suddenly too cold to continue, and besides, there's no hearth here anyway and it's the end of June. Thursday. Almost noon. And all the buttons on my corduroy coat are gone. I don't know why. I'm sorry Hailey. I don't know what to do.”

KnowsHeartMayStillsEndsGoneFireColdSorryButtonsI'm SorryCoatsJuneNoonThursdayCorduroyHailey
Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
Create image

“You shall be my roots and I will be your shade, though the sun burns my leaves. You shall quench my thirst and I will feed you fruit, though time takes my seed. And when I'm lost and can tell nothing of this earth you will give me hope. And my voice you will always hear. And my hand you will always have. For I will shelter you. And I will comfort you. And even when we are nothing left, not even in death, I will remember you.”

GivingHandsEarthRememberLostLeftVoiceSunComfortRootsGive MeFruitSeedsShadeShelterThirstRemember YouRemembers YouQuenchHouse Of LeavesI Will Remember You
Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
Create image

“Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both brothers learned to identify with absence. Consequently, even if something beneficial fortuitously entered their lives they immediately treated it as temporary. By the time they were teenagers they were already accustomed to a discontinuous lifestyle marked by constant threats of abandonment and the lack of any emotional stability. Unfortunately, "accustomed to" here is really synonymous with "damaged by.”

IfsParentRolesEmotionalBrotherModelsConstantThreatAbsenceLifestyleEnormousTreatedTeenagerTemporaryStabilityRole ModelsTomsNarcissismAccustomedDeprivedBeneficialAbandonmentSuitableEmotional Stability
Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
Create image

“Back on shore everyone was pretty messed up, but the owner/captain was by far the worst off. He ended up drunk for a week, though the only thing he ever said was "So?" The boat's gone. "So?" Your mate's dead. "So?" Hey at least you're alive. "So?" An awful word but it does harden you. It hardened me.”

DoeSaidGoneAliveWeekWorstBoatDrunkAwfulHeyOwnersShoreMatesCaptainsMessed UpHardened
Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
Create image