When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain.
Donna TarttBut romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.
Donna TarttAlways remember, the person weโre really working for is the person whoโs restoring the piece a hundred years from now. Heโs the one we want to impress.
Donna TarttIt's funny, but thinking back on it now, I realize that this particular point in time, as I stood there blinking in the deserted hall, was the one point at which I might have chosen to do something very much different from what I actually did. But of course I didn't see this crucial moment for what it actually was; I suppose we never do. Instead, I only yawned, and shook myself from the momentary daze that had come upon me, and went on my way down the stairs.
Donna Tartt