Marisha Pessl
Marisha Pessl
Marisha Pesslis an American writer best known for her debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 October 1977
CountryUnited States of America
army college political
In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left.
betrayal fall empires
Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall.
people hug special
Life had been a suit I'd only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my closet, forgetting it was there. We were meant to die when it was barely stitched anymore, when the elbows and knees were stained with grass and mud, shoulder pads uneven from people hugging you all the time, downpours and blistering sun, the fabric faded, buttons gone.
self people behavior
People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.
hot kind aids
It’s got to be some kind of cult. Anyone offers you Kool-Aid or a hot shower, say no.
people monstrous
…how monstrous the people you loved could be.
powerful sunshine people
Look at Picasso. O’Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can force you to do powerful work.
people life-is realizing
People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.
life giving darkness
It’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.
order diving dies
…deep-diving love, a love that excavates you. It’s something you have to have before you die in order to have lived.
stars matter persons
But when you flee someone, no matter how far you roam, that person will follow you as doggedly as the stars.
motivational men bait
For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing.
humanity secret ultimate
...the deepest secrets about ourselves that we, in the ultimate act of humanity, will spare those we truly love.
writing favors serious
God, the boring relative everyone ignores--no one calls, no one writes--until they need a serious favor.