I'm not afraid of total failure. In the end, we're all just food for worms, so what are we so worried about?
Marisha Pessl... suddenly I was a kid in the hall standing outside my locker about to head to Math. But that was how it went sometimes, the English language, when you really needed it, crumbled to clay in your mouth. That's when all the real things were said.
Marisha PesslWhat, really, was the difference between something hounding you and something leading you somewhere?
Marisha PesslIt’s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything we want it is one day to leave us. It’s the something unseen, the lurking devastation, the darkness that gives our lives dimension.
Marisha Pessl