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> [Who was it said that coincidence was just God’s way of remaining anonymous?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/who-was-it-said-that-coincidence-was-just-god-s-way-of-remaining/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/in-short-i-felt-my-existence-was-tainted-in-some-subtle-but-essential/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [Not quite what one expected, but once it happened one realized it couldn't be any other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/not-quite-what-one-expected-but-once-it-happened-one-realized-it/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [If he had his wits about him Bunny would surely keep his mouth shut; but now, with his subconscious mind knocked loose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/if-he-had-his-wits-about-him-bunny-would-surely-keep-his-mouth-shut/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/and-the-flavor-of-pippa-s-kiss-bittersweet-and-strange-stayed-with-me/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [She closed her eyes, dark-lidded, dark shadows beneath them; she really was older, not the glancing-eyed girl I had fallen in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/she-closed-her-eyes-dark-lidded-dark-shadows-beneath-them-she-really/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/donna-tartt-391_beautiful_she-closed-her-eyes-dark-lidded-dark-sha_668689.jpg)

> [I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/i-believe-in-a-funny-way-the-job-of-the-novelist-is-to-be-out-there/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/when-i-m-writing-i-am-concentrating-almost-wholly-on-concrete-detail/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/donna-tartt-391_color_when-i-m-writing-i-am-concentrating-almo_2432872.jpg)

> [The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read so often that I've internalized them in some really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/the-books-i-loved-in-childhood-the-first-loves-i-ve-read-so-often/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/donna-tartt-391_aquariums_the-books-i-loved-in-childhood-the-first_3077126.jpg)

> [Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/taking-on-challenging-projects-is-the-way-that-one-grows-and-extends/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [I think it's especially important for an editor to say what he's enjoying. For a novelist to be told, midstream, what he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/i-think-it-s-especially-important-for-an-editor-to-say-what-he-s/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/donna-tartt-391_conclusion_i-think-it-s-especially-important-for-an_2693356.jpg)

> [It's funny, but thinking back on it now, I realize that this particular point in time, as I stood there blinking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/it-s-funny-but-thinking-back-on-it-now-i-realize-that-this-particular/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/donna-tartt-391_chosen_it-s-funny-but-thinking-back-on-it-now-i_3104481.jpg)

## Other authors on Way

## More by Donna Tartt

> [I hope we're all ready to leave the phenomenal world, and enter into the sublime?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/i-hope-we-re-all-ready-to-leave-the-phenomenal-world-and-enter-into/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [And I add my own love to the history of people who have loved beautiful things, and looked out for them, and pulled them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/and-i-add-my-own-love-to-the-history-of-people-who-have-loved/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/and-the-flavor-of-pippa-s-kiss-bittersweet-and-strange-stayed-with-me/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“The world won't come to me...so I must go to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/the-world-won-t-come-to-me-so-i-must-go-to-it/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [There's an expectation these days that novels - like any other consumer product - should be made on a production line, with one dropping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/there-s-an-expectation-these-days-that-novels-like-any-other-consumer/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“A month or two before, I would have been appalled at the idea of any murder at all. But that Sunday afternoon, as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/a-month-or-two-before-i-would-have-been-appalled-at-the-idea-of-any/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/well-i-think-storytellers-have-always-found-murder-a-fascinating/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [Always remember, the person we’re really working for is the person who’s restoring the piece a hundred years from now. He’s the one we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/always-remember-the-person-we-re-really-working-for-is-the-person-who/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“The silence between us was happy and strange, connected by the cord and the icy voices thinly echoing. “You don’t have to talk,” she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/the-silence-between-us-was-happy-and-strange-connected-by-the-cord/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from all the world, that no one and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/it-is-a-terrible-thing-to-learn-as-a-child-that-one-is-a-being/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“You didn’t meet many people who moved freely through the world with such a vigorous contempt for it and at the same time such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/you-didn-t-meet-many-people-who-moved-freely-through-the-world-with/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“maybe that’s what’s waiting for us at the end of the journey, a majesty unimaginable until the very moment we find ourselves walking through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/maybe-that-s-what-s-waiting-for-us-at-the-end-of-the-journey-a/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“lights and moods and seasons was to see it a thousand different ways and to keep it shut in the dark—a thing made of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/lights-and-moods-and-seasons-was-to-see-it-a-thousand-different-ways/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/a-great-sorrow-and-one-that-i-am-only-beginning-to-understand-we-don/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

> [“Upon meeting Julian Morrow, one has the impression that he is a man of extraordinary sympathy and warmth. But what you call his 'Asiatic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/upon-meeting-julian-morrow-one-has-the-impression-that-he-is-a-man-of/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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