Donna Tartt quotes - page 5

He sailed through the world guided only by the dim lights of impulse and habit, confident that his course would throw up no obstacles so large that they could not be plowed over with sheer force of momentum. (Donna Tartt)
As long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing best I know how. View quote
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The sky was a rich, mindless, never-ending blue, like a promise of some ridiculous glory that wasn't really there. View quote
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And the nights, bigger than imagining: black and gusty and enormous, disordered and wild with stars. View quote
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If we are strong enough in our souls we can rip away the veil and look that naked, terrible beauty right in the face; let God consume us, devour us, unstring our bones. Then spit us out reborn. View quote
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Over 2,000 reptiles await you. View quote
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Your silence is not acceptable. View quote
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Something I think you're very conscious of growing up in the South is people who speak correctly and people who don't...George Orwell said, ‘Englishmen are all branded on the tongue.' It's the same for southerners. I grew up around people who had wonderful, mellifluous voices; there's also that twangy cracker accent. And then you were also aware of black English... View quote
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