A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.
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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