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

Mark Z. Danielewski

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Mark Z. Danielewski
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: March 5
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New York City
New York
Light
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People
Deflect
Collect
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Come morning I found the day as I have found every other day--without relief or explanation.
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Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to break free across the hold.
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I'm not independently wealthy.
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Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple.
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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?
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Back on shore everyone was pretty messed up, but the owner/captain was by far the worst off. He ended up drunk for a week, though the only thing he ever said was So? The boat's gone. So? Your mate's dead. So? Hey at least you're alive. So? An awful word but it does harden you. It hardened me.
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Even the closest relationships that I have I know could potentially fall away. That's not to speak pessimistically or negatively about those relationships. In a weird way, it's the opposite. I value them.
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I think that's what finally stopped me. I slid right to the edge. My legs were hanging over. And I could feel it too. I don't know how. There was no wind, no sound, no change of temperature. There was just this terrible emptiness reaching up for me.
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My hands resemble some ancient tree: the roots that bind up the earth, the rock and the ceaselessly nibbling wordms.
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Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.
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Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space.
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No one ever really gets used to nightmares.
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Through all the windows I only see infinity.
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