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Donna Tartt Quotes

From the window, above the clatter of pots and the slamming of cabinets, Francis was singing, as though it was the happiest song in the world: ‘We are the little black sheep who have gone astray . . . Baa baa baa . . . Gentlemen songsters off on a spree . . . Doomed from here to eternity . . Picture Quote #1

Storytelling and elegant style don’t always go hand in hand Picture Quote #1

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one’s range as a writer, one’s technical command, so I consider the time well-spent Picture Quote #1

War? One can lose oneself in the joy of battle, in fighting for a glorious cause, but there are not many glorious causes for which to fight these days Picture Quote #1

Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us Picture Quote #1

It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially Picture Quote #1

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Love doesn’t conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool Picture Quote #1

Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device Picture Quote #1

In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way Picture Quote #1

I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all Picture Quote #1

Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming Picture Quote #1

The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up Picture Quote #1

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But it’s for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work Picture Quote #1

The firelight magnified our shadows, glinted off the silver, flickered high upon the walls; its reflection roared orange in the windowpanes as if a city were burning outside. The whoosh of the flames was like a flock of birds, trapped and beating in a whirlwind near the ceiling. And I wouldn’t have been at all surprised if the long mahogany banquet table, draped in linen, laden with china and candles and fruit and flowers, had simply vanished into thin air, like a magic casket in a fairy story Picture Quote #1

And I add my own love to the history of people who have loved beautiful things, and looked out for them, and pulled them from the fire, and sought them when they were lost, and tried to preserve them and save them while passing them along literally from hand to hand, singing out brilliantly from the wreck of time to the next generation of lovers, and the next Picture Quote #1

Being the only female in what was basically a boys’ club must have been difficult for her. Miraculously, she didn’t compensate by becoming hard or quarrelsome. She was still a girl, a slight lovely girl who lay in bed and ate chocolates, a girl whose hair smelled like hyacinth and whose scarves fluttered jauntily in the breeze. But strange and marvelous as she was, a wisp of silk in a forest of black wool, she was not the fragile creature one would have her seem Picture Quote #1

One likes to think there’s something in it, that old platitude amor vincit omnia. But if I’ve learned one thing in my short sad life, it is that that particular platitude is a lie. Love doesn’t conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool Picture Quote #1

I hope we’re all ready to leave the phenomenal world, and enter into the sublime? Picture Quote #1

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For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive Picture Quote #1

I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell Picture Quote #1

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for Picture Quote #1

And just as music is the space between notes, just as the stars are beautiful because of the space between them, just as the sun strikes raindrops at a certain angle and throws a prism of color across the sky-so the space where I exist, and want to keep existing, and to be quite frank I hope I die in, is exactly this middle distance: where despair struck pure otherness and created something sublime Picture Quote #1

I began to see new buildings, too, which were connected by futuristic walkways lit from beneath. Long, cool perspectives of modern architecture, rising phosphorescent and eerie from the rubble Picture Quote #1

I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that’s not really there Picture Quote #1

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I think it’s hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure whay I’ve been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories Picture Quote #1

I’ve written only two novels, but they’re both long ones, and they each took a decade to write Picture Quote #1

In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions that you find very important, that you’re trying to work out Picture Quote #1

It’s hard for me to show work while I’m writing, because other people’s comments will influence what happens Picture Quote #1

My novels aren’t really generated by a single conceptual spark; it’s more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time Picture Quote #1

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From the window, above the clatter of pots and the slamming of cabinets, Francis was singing, as though it was the happiest song in the world: ‘We are the little black sheep who have gone astray . . . Baa baa baa . . . Gentlemen songsters off on a spree . . . Doomed from here to eternity . . . (Donna Tartt Quotes) Storytelling and elegant style don’t always go hand in hand (Donna Tartt Quotes) Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one’s range as a writer, one’s technical command, so I consider the time well-spent. (Donna Tartt Quotes) War? One can lose oneself in the joy of battle, in fighting for a glorious cause, but there are not many glorious causes for which to fight these days. (Donna Tartt Quotes) Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us (Donna Tartt Quotes) It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially (Donna Tartt Quotes) Love doesn’t conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool (Donna Tartt Quotes) Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device (Donna Tartt Quotes) In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way (Donna Tartt Quotes) I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all (Donna Tartt Quotes) Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming (Donna Tartt Quotes) The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up (Donna Tartt Quotes) But it’s for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work (Donna Tartt Quotes) The firelight magnified our shadows, glinted off the silver, flickered high upon the walls; its reflection roared orange in the windowpanes as if a city were burning outside. The whoosh of the flames was like a flock of birds, trapped and beating in a whirlwind near the ceiling. And I wouldn’t have been at all surprised if the long mahogany banquet table, draped in linen, laden with china and candles and fruit and flowers, had simply vanished into thin air, like a magic casket in a fairy story (Donna Tartt Quotes) And I add my own love to the history of people who have loved beautiful things, and looked out for them, and pulled them from the fire, and sought them when they were lost, and tried to preserve them and save them while passing them along literally from hand to hand, singing out brilliantly from the wreck of time to the next generation of lovers, and the next (Donna Tartt Quotes) Being the only female in what was basically a boys’ club must have been difficult for her. Miraculously, she didn’t compensate by becoming hard or quarrelsome. She was still a girl, a slight lovely girl who lay in bed and ate chocolates, a girl whose hair smelled like hyacinth and whose scarves fluttered jauntily in the breeze. But strange and marvelous as she was, a wisp of silk in a forest of black wool, she was not the fragile creature one would have her seem (Donna Tartt Quotes) One likes to think there’s something in it, that old platitude amor vincit omnia. But if I’ve learned one thing in my short sad life, it is that that particular platitude is a lie. Love doesn’t conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool (Donna Tartt Quotes) I hope we’re all ready to leave the phenomenal world, and enter into the sublime? (Donna Tartt Quotes) For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive (Donna Tartt Quotes) I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell (Donna Tartt Quotes) I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for (Donna Tartt Quotes) And just as music is the space between notes, just as the stars are beautiful because of the space between them, just as the sun strikes raindrops at a certain angle and throws a prism of color across the sky-so the space where I exist, and want to keep existing, and to be quite frank I hope I die in, is exactly this middle distance: where despair struck pure otherness and created something sublime (Donna Tartt Quotes) I began to see new buildings, too, which were connected by futuristic walkways lit from beneath. Long, cool perspectives of modern architecture, rising phosphorescent and eerie from the rubble (Donna Tartt Quotes) I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that’s not really there (Donna Tartt Quotes) I think it’s hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence (Donna Tartt Quotes) I’m not sure whay I’ve been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories (Donna Tartt Quotes) I’ve written only two novels, but they’re both long ones, and they each took a decade to write (Donna Tartt Quotes) In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions that you find very important, that you’re trying to work out (Donna Tartt Quotes) It’s hard for me to show work while I’m writing, because other people’s comments will influence what happens (Donna Tartt Quotes) My novels aren’t really generated by a single conceptual spark; it’s more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time (Donna Tartt Quotes)

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