Even if it meant that she had failed, she was glad. And if what she'd wanted had been impossible from the start, still there was a certain lonely comfort in the fact that she'd known it was impossible and had gone ahead and done it anyway.
And as much as I’d like to believe there’s a truth beyond illusion, I’ve come to believe that there’s no truth beyond illusion. Because, between ‘rea… - Donna Tartt
And as much as I’d like to believe there’s a truth beyond illusion, I’ve come to believe that there’s no truth beyond illusion. Because, between ‘rea…
- Donna Tartt
I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there. - Donna Tartt
I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there.
Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life - Donna Tartt
Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life
The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to entertain, to make things up. The art of what I do lies not in researc… - Donna Tartt
The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to entertain, to make things up. The art of what I do lies not in researc…
Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality. - Donna Tartt
Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality.
It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially. - Donna Tartt
It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.
The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room… - Donna Tartt
The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room…
Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. - Donna Tartt
Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.
Any action, in the fullness of time, sinks to nothingness. - Donna Tartt
Any action, in the fullness of time, sinks to nothingness.
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