“...she still cannot resist looking out the window every couple of minutes. The sound of a passing truck causes her to glance away. Even if there is no sound, the weight of a hundred seconds always turns her head.” IfsStillsTurnsCausesSoundMinutesCoupleHundredWindowWeightPassingPassingsSecondsGlancesTruck Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves Source: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
“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 Source: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
“Quick note here: if this crush-slash-swooning stuff is hard for you to stomach, if youve never had a similar experience, then you should come to grips with the fact that youve got a TV dinner for a heart and might want to consider climbing inside a microwave and turning it on high for at least an hour, which if you do consider only goes to show what kind of idiot you truly are because microwaves are way too small for anyone, let alone you, to climb into.” IfsWayWantShouldHeartKindHardFactsShowsMightStuffHoursTvsNotesDinnerConfusionIdiotCrushClimbsClimbingStomachMicrowavesSwooning Author:Mark Z. Danielewski
