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# Elizabeth Kostova

(1964)   Novelist   United States

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Elizabeth Kostova is a novelist from the United States, best known for *Historian*.

## Quick Facts About Elizabeth Kostova

Born December 26, 1964

Nationality United States

Profession Novelist

Notable works Historian

Known for The Historian

## About Elizabeth Kostova

Elizabeth Johnson Kostova is an American author best known for her debut novel The Historian.

##  Quotes by Elizabeth Kostova · Page 3

> [I've read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And perhaps there isn't, since hers was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-ve-read-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-single-tear-that-old-poetic/)

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[Companion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/companion/)

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> [I think it's important to recognise that 'The Da Vinci Code' opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-think-it-s-important-to-recognise-that-the-da-vinci-code-opened-up/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/)

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> [It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-was-not-the-brutality-of-what-occurred-next-that-changed-my-mind/)

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[Brilliance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brilliance/)

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> [“I don't think painters have the answers about a painting except the painting itself. Anyway, a painting has to have some kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-don-t-think-painters-have-the-answers-about-a-painting-except-the/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/elizabeth-kostova-6991_artist_i-don-t-think-painters-have-the-answers_1900489.png)

> [In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/in-the-end-i-always-act-from-the-heart-even-if-i-also-value-reason/)

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[Ends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ends/)

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> [“Even someone you've inhabited rooms with, and seen naked everyday, seen sitting on the toilet through a half-opened door, can fade out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/even-someone-you-ve-inhabited-rooms-with-and-seen-naked-everyday-seen/)

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[Everyday life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everyday-life/)

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> [I keep telling myself I should try very hard to write a novel of about 210 pages... I don't seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/i-keep-telling-myself-i-should-try-very-hard-to-write-a-novel-of/)

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> [“Ich verstehe mit achtzig was ich mit siebzig noch nicht verstehen konnte, naemlich dass man am Ende so gut wie allen vergibt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/ich-verstehe-mit-achtzig-was-ich-mit-siebzig-noch-nicht-verstehen/)

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[Welt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/welt/)

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> [It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/it-s-funny-in-this-era-of-e-mail-and-voice-mail-and-all-those-things/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Eras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eras/)

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> [...what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/what-will-we-someday-do-i-always-wonder-without-the-pleasures-of/)

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> [...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/history-it-seemed-could-be-something-entirely-different-a-splash-of/)

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[Agony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agony/)

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> [“-Do you think artists are supposed to be happy? -Everyone is supposed to be. -I said staunchly,and I knew that I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/do-you-think-artists-are-supposed-to-be-happy-everyone-is-supposed-to/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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## Elizabeth Kostova by topic

[History (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/elizabeth-kostova/)

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