Joshua Cottrell

“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane...”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

“Little solace comes
to those who grieve
when thoughts keep drifting
as walls keep shifting
and this great blue world of ours
seems a house of leaves

moments before the wind.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“Do you always travel with such cumbersome books?'

'I don't trust anyone who wouldn't.”
― Doug Dorst, S.

“Am I not merciful?”
― Jay Kristoff, Illuminae