“What miracle is this? This giant tree. It stands ten thousand feet high But doesn't reach the ground. Still it stands. Its roots must hold the sky.” StillsTreeFeetSkyThousandTenRootsMiracleGiants Author:Mark Z. Danielewski
“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 Source: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
“I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares.” ShouldStillsFactsUsedNightmareHouse Of Leaves Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves Source: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
“...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
“I took my morning walk, I took my evening walk, I ate something, I thought about something, I wrote, I napped and dreamt something too, and with all that something, I still have nothing because so much of sum’thing has always been and always will be you.” StillsWalksMorningEveningBe YouHouse Of LeavesMorning Walk Author:Mark Z. Danielewski