Marisha Pessl Quotes

I Remembered What Dad Said Once, That Some People Have All Of Life's Answers Worked Out The Day They're Born And There's No Use Trying To Teach Them Anything New. "They're Closed For Business Even Though, Somewhat Confusingly, Their Doors Open At Eleven, Monday Through Friday," Dad Said. And The Trying To Change What They Think, The Attempt To Explain, The Hope They'll Come To See Your Side Of Things, It Was Exhausting, Because It Never Made A Dent And Afterward You Only Ached Unbearably. It Was Like Being A Prisoner In A Maximum-Security Prison, Wanting To Know What A Visitor's Hand Felt Like (see Living In Darkness, Cowell, 1967). No Matter How Desperately You Wanted To Know, Pressing Your Dumb Palm Against The Glass Right Where The Visitor's Hand Was Pressed On The Opposite Side, You Never Would Know That Feeling, Not Until They Set You Free.

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