... as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn't touch. (Donna Tartt)

... as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn't touch.

Donna Tartt

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