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Own Quotes by Donna Tartt
- But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work
- On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to…
- You are - all your experience just kind of accumulates, and the novel takes a richness of its own simply because it has the weight…
- It is easy to see things in retrospect. But I was ignorant then of everything but my own happiness, and I don’t know what else…
- Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it?…
- 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 want…
- And I add my own love to the history of people who have loved beautiful things, and looked out for them, and pulled them from…
- What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov