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Donna Tartt Quotes

Donna Tartt quotes about understanding

American Novelist, Writer December 23, 1963

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Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls- which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? But isn't it also pain that often makes us most aware of self? It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one's burned tongues and skinned knees, that one's aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more... Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt quote: "She looked up at me, her eyes large with compassion, with..."
She looked up at me, her eyes large with compassion, with understanding of the solitude and incivility of grief. Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt quote: "They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance..."
They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good. Donna Tartt
The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. Donna Tartt

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