Quote by Donna Tartt
To really be centered and to really work well and to think about t

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

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But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know. – 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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I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before. – Michael Collins

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Im a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I cant challenge the man Im with if means Im going to end up alone. – Jane Fonda

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I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Mans life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. – B. R. Ambedkar

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