The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel
Mark Frost
Top 10 Best Quotes
“A wise man once told me that mystery is the most essential ingredient of life, for the following reason: mystery creates wonder, which leads to curiosity, which in turn provides the ground for our desire to understand who and what we truly are.”
“Sometimes an owl is just an owl.”
“Why am I telling you this?" he went on. "A secret's only a secret as long as you keep it. Once you tell someone it loses all its power--for good or for ill--like that, it's just another piece of information. But a real mystery can't be solved, not completely. It's always just out of reach, like a light around the corner; you might catch a glimpse of what it reveals, feel its warmth, but you can't know the heart of it, not really. That's what gives it value: It can't be cracked, it's bigger than you and me, bigger than everything we know. Those tight-ass suits can keep their secrets, they don't add up to anything. This deep in the game, pal, I'll take mystery every time.”
“Our minds are wired by nature to detect patterns.”
“But if you seek the truth you must approach the unknown. Lean into it. Wait for it to speak to you. Are you willing to pass that threshold?”
“Good literature is a mirror through which we see ourselves more clearly.”
“Mysteries precede humankind, envelop us and draw us forward into exploration and wonder. Secrets are the work of humankind, a covert and often insidious way to gather, withhold or impose power. Do not confuse the pursuit of one with the manipulation of the other.”
“In my experience, what defines a crime depends on who’s getting screwed.”
“The point about the whole subject is this: Once you open the top on this thing, the genie won’t get back in the bottle.”
“Storytellers don't run out of stories, they just run out of time.”
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Book Keywords:
literature, minds, screwed, patterns, mysteries, mystery, truth, crime, genie, bottle, twin-peaks, unknown, owl
