Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.
Donna TarttDoes such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?
Donna TarttChildren love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy
Donna TarttDoes such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.
Donna Tartt