Quote by Donna Tartt
But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard,

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

Other quotes by Donna Tartt

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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Learning
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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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alone
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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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funny
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Romantic
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Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I dont know. Depends. – Robin Wright Penn

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Romantic

I feel like Ive done a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies. – Kate Beckinsale

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Romantic

How my memory treasures every sweet stray moment of our past — handclasp, kiss and heart-beat, the passion of those dear unfathomable eyes, the rustle of garments, the gliding steps and lingering farewells! – Byron Caldwell Smith, letter to Kate Stephens

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Romantic

My heart beats faster as you take my hand, my love grows stronger as you touch my soul. – A.C. Van Cherub, 2009

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Romantic

Random Quotes

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. – Thomas Browne

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Death

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves. – Phyllis George

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History

To play a lawyer and have one year of law school under your belt, you sort of know what youre talking about! Im able to memorize the legal courtroom stuff a lot faster than I would have been able to otherwise. – Jerry OConnell

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legal

I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage. – Sade Adu

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Marriage