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D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Starched shirts and suits fresh from the cleaners'

Starched shirts and suits fresh from the cleaners' went a long, long way toward hiding a multitude of sins. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: You can look at a picture for a

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: She was as cool as dammit.

She was as cool as dammit. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Yet (moment by painful moment, breath by painful

Yet (moment by painful moment, breath by painful breath) one got through things. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: This whole town is like a big Fuck

This whole town is like a big Fuck You to Thoreau. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Sometimes we want what we want even if

Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it's going to kill us. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Time, and repeated screenings, have endowed the memory

Time, and repeated screenings, have endowed the memory with a menace the original did not possess. -The Secret History, pg. 260 — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Fact it seemed we had been doing things,

Fact it seemed we had been doing things, such as stringing necklaces of rainbow-colored candy while the radio played Belle and Sebastian — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: At first I thought they were playing to

At first I thought they were playing to an — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: the atmosphere it breathed was like the light-rinsed

the atmosphere it breathed was like the light-rinsed airiness of a wall opposite an open window. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: I suppose the shock of recognition is one

I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: We'd have to devise a plan, probably a

We'd have to devise a plan, probably a rather Pyrrhic and unsatisfactory one. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's

Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Different cultures and all that, but it's true

Different cultures and all that, but it's true what they say about the Japanese being undemonstrative. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: All my life, people have taken my shyness

All my life, people have taken my shyness for sullenness, snobbery, bad temper of one sort or another. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a

Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: There is nothing wrong with the love of

There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty-unless she is wed to something more meaningful-is always superficial — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Our large age difference made us shy with

Our large age difference made us shy with each other; there was a formality, a generational reserve; — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Maybe the one had to be lost for

Maybe the one had to be lost for the others to be found? — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: It is is better to know one book

It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Barbour, who had come down to the curb

Barbour, who had come down to the curb with me, said smoothly: — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: He said well if you can't plan it

He said well if you can't plan it out ahead of time, you'll just have to work it out as you go along — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: We have art in order not to die

We have art in order not to die from the truth. - NIETZSCHE — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: But the first rule of restorations, as he'd

But the first rule of restorations, as he'd taught me earlier on, was that you never did what you couldn't reverse. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Other means) claiming to Hobie that I'd already

Other means) claiming to Hobie that I'd already sold the — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Exactly that girl, not the prettiest, but the

Exactly that girl, not the prettiest, but the no-makeup and kind of ordinary-looking girl he'd chosen to be happy — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: and yet, whenever he started with the questions

and yet, whenever he started with the questions I froze stiff, as if I'd been pushed onstage in a play where I didn't know the lines. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Welty's instruction; that I'd had a concussion. That

Welty's instruction; that I'd had a concussion. That I hadn't — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Of huddled anonymity like old black and white

Of huddled anonymity like old black and white photos I'd seen of bank crashes and bread lines in the 1930s. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: I could do what I had to. I'd

I could do what I had to. I'd done it before: gone blank, pushed forward. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: He'd probably just crawl in the corner and

He'd probably just crawl in the corner and starve. Like a hamster you forgot to feed. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: She was the missing kingdom, the unbruised part

She was the missing kingdom, the unbruised part of myself I'd lost with my mother. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: (When I'd asked Mrs. Barbour where the washing

(When I'd asked Mrs. Barbour where the washing machine was, she'd looked at me as if I'd asked for lye and lard to boil up for soap.) — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Well, is true. I did know. Because if

Well, is true. I did know. Because if possible to paint fakes that look like that? Las Vegas would be the most beautiful city in the history of earth! — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: You are, and you are very very gifted

You are, and you are very very gifted at all the aspects of the business I don't care to deal with, and you — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: They took the wrong ones! Mistake was made!

They took the wrong ones! Mistake was made! Everything is unfair! Who do we complain to, in this shitty place? Who is in charge here?] — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: A guesstimate?" prompted the man Enrique. "About your

A guesstimate?" prompted the man Enrique. "About your dad?" "Ballpark will do," the Korean lady said. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: afterlife, the space between earth and not-earth, world

afterlife, the space between earth and not-earth, world and not-world, highly polished floors and glass-roof cathedral echoes and the whole anonymous — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: I'd rather write one good book than ten

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: I loved her every minute of every day,

I loved her every minute of every day, heart and mind and soul and all of it, and it was getting late and I wanted the place never to close, never. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Your silence is not acceptable.

Your silence is not acceptable. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: I love the tradition of Dickens, where even

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: wheels caught and I was flung into ordinary

wheels caught and I was flung into ordinary — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: I think it's hard to write about children

I think it's hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Janet who said excellent! in answer to everything

Janet who said excellent! in answer to everything and drank coffee from a pink mug that said Janet. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: He looked very tired, a regard which manifested

He looked very tired, a regard which manifested itself not in dark circles, or pallor, but a dreamy and bright-cheeked sadness. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: jeans jacket, catching him in a chokehold, pistol

jeans jacket, catching him in a chokehold, pistol at — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: See?" said Boris, interrupting Vitya right in

See?" said Boris, interrupting Vitya right in — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: No money, holes in my socks, living off

No money, holes in my socks, living off oatmeal. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: The other day, I tried to remember what

The other day, I tried to remember what was the word for 'dragonfly' and couldn't. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Well, a change of scenery may be good

Well, a change of scenery may be good for you," said Hobie when I went down to see him before I left. "Even if the scene isn't what you'd choose. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: But romantic vision can also lead one away

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know. — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: We think we have many desires, but in

We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?" "To live," said Camilla. "To live forever, — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: Although, I do have to say, it was

Although, I do have to say, it was difficult to imagine him — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: The smells, the shadows, even the dappled pale

The smells, the shadows, even the dappled pale trunks of the plane trees lifted my spirits — Donna Tartt

D Tartt Quotes By Donna Tartt: I mean, this man was not /Voltaire/ we

I mean, this man was not /Voltaire/ we killed. — Donna Tartt