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The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with

The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that theyre learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences. – Donna Tartt

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To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone. – Donna Tartt

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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

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Everything takes me longer than I expect. Its the sad truth about life. – Donna Tartt

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I like to start out each day from the beginning. Im always learning things. – Bruce Weber

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