“…Life is catastrophe…Everything is unfair. Who do we complain to in this shitty place?…We all lose everything that matters in the end…it's possible to play it with a kind of joy.p.767, "The Goldfinch” — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image
“…We don't get to choose our own hearts. We can't make ourselves want what's good for us or what's good for other people. We… — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image
“Well, if you wake up intending to murder someone at two o'clock, you hardly think what you're going to feed the corpse for dinner.” — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image
“…Life is catastrophe…Everything is unfair. Who do we complain to in this shitty place?…We all lose everything that matters in the end…it's possible to… — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image
“…there is no truth beyond illusion…between 'reality' on the one hand, and the point where reality comes into being, where two very different surfaces… — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image
“Who’s to say that gamblers don’t really understand it better than anyone else? Isn’t everything worthwhile a gamble? Can’t good come around sometimes through… — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image