Quotes from book

House of Leaves

“Absolutely nothing visible to the eye provides a reason for or even evidence of those terrifying shifts which can in a matter of moments reconstitute a simple path into an extremely complicated one.”

“Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.”

“The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many.”

“Very
soon he
will vanish

completely in the wings

of his own
wordless
stanza”

“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”

“This is not for you.”

“Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say.
Of course those who write short books have even less to say.”

“Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead.”

“Maybe you saw her first? Caught a glimpse between the lines, between the letters, like a ghost in the mirror, a ghost in the wings?”

“Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space.”

“Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila.”

“Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.”

“Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.”

“My dear girl, is it that you are so lonely that you had to create this?”

“The ruminations are mine,

let

the world

be yours.”

“Do not wake me from this slumber, but be assured that just as I have wept much, I have also wandered many roads with my thoughts.”

“Physics depends on a universe infinitely centred on an equals sign.”

“Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.”

“Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience and understanding”