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“Richard Papen: As it happened, I knew Gartrell. He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, gutteral verbs, and the world "postmodernist.”

Quote by Donna Tartt

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Donna Tartt is an American author known for her unique narrative style and profound psychological descriptions. Her works are characterized by complex characters and captivating plots. Her debut novel, 'The Goldfinch,' received widespread acclaim and won multiple literary awards. more

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“well that's the wonderful thing about books, that's the thing that books can do that no other art form can do: when we read a great book we do internalize it, it becomes part of us; when we read a great book we put it down and we're different people.”

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“Things would have turned out better is she had lived. As it was, she died when I was kid;and thought everything that happened to me since then is thoroughly my own fault, still when I lost her I lost sight of any landmark that might have led me someplace happier, to some more populated or congenial life.”

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“La bellezza è raramente dolce o consolatoria. Quasi l'opposto. La vera bellezza è sempre un po' inquietante.”

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“What do you think about America?" "Everyone always smiles so big! Well—most people. Maybe not so much you. I think it looks stupid.”

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“Sometimes when there's been an accident and reality is too sudden and strange to comprehend, the surreal will take over”

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“All of a sudden, images from every crime movie I'd ever seen began to pop into my mind—the windowless room, the harsh lights and narrow hallways, images which did not seem so much theatrical or foreign as imbued with the indelible quality of memory, of experience lived.”

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“Faith Forward companies define success differently. Success from a worldly perspective includes shareholder value, profitability, growth, power, income, influence, and performance. While these metrics have value, they are the means, not the ends, for eternity-minded leaders.”

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“you can live many lives by reading books.”

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“Her death the dividing mark: Before and After.”

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“continuò Julian,”

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