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“we had so many happy days in the country that fall that from this vantage they merge into a sweet and indistinct blur.” — donna tartt, the secret history #tsh #thesecrethistory #donnatartt #donnatarttquotes #bookquotes #latergram #darkacademiaaesthetic #darkacademia #librarylife #libraryporn #luxelife #luxeinteriors #autumn #autumnvibes #autumnmemories #novemberphotodump https://www.instagram.com/p/Clb573aPyCj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I was in the Midwest, and the rain was all I had left of Camilla’s goodbye kiss. Raindrops on the windshield, radio stations fading in and out. Cornfields bleak in all those gray, wide-open reaches. I had said goodbye to her once before, but it took everything I had to say goodbye to her then, again, for the last time, like poor Orpheus turning for a last backward glance at the ghost of his only love and in the same heartbeat losing her forever: hinc illae lacrimae, hence those tears. I suppose nothing remains ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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[thisliterarylife]

“the sun was low, burning gold through the trees, casting our shadows before us on the ground, long and distorted. we walked for a long time without saying anything. the air was musty with far-off bonfires, sharp with the edge of a twilight chill. there was no noise but the crunch of our shoes on the gravel path, the whistle of wind in the pines; I was sleepy and my head hurt and there was something not quite real about any of it, something like a dream. I felt that at any second I might start, my head on a pile of books at my desk, and find myself in a darkening room, alone.” — donna tartt, the secret history #donnatartt #donnatarttquotes #thesecrethistory #tsh #newengland #newenglandliving #intothewoods #adventureinyourownbackyard #massachusetts #newenglandwinter #darkacademia #darkacademiaaesthetic #travelgram #travelblog #rustic #rusticaesthetic #cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic (at Dacey Fields Disc Golf) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmrlpHxPr3F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/my-love-was-muddied-up-below-the-waterline-with-my-mother-with-my-mothers-death-with-losing-my-mother-and-not-being-able-to-get-her-back-all-that-blind-infantile-hunger-to-save-and-be-sav/

My love was muddied-up below the waterline with my mother, with my mother’s death, with losing my mother and not being able to get her back. All that blind, infantile hunger to save and be saved, to repeat the past and make it different, had somehow attached itself, ravenously, to her. There was an instability in it, a sickness. ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/but-if-a-painting-really-works-down-in-your-heart-and-changes-the-way-you-see-and-think-and-feel-you-dont-think-oh-i-love-this-picture-because-its-universal-i-love-this-painting-bec/

But... if a painting really works down in your heart and changes the way you see, and think, and feel, you don't think, 'oh, I love this picture because it's universal.' 'I love this painting because it speaks to all mankind.' That's not the reason anyone loves a piece of art. It's a secret whisper from an alleyway. Psst, you. Hey kid. Yes you.... And individual heart-shock... You see one painting, I see another, the art book puts it at another remove still, the lady buying the greeting card at the museum gift shop sees something else entire, and that's not even to mention the people separated from us by time- four hundred years before us, four hundred years after we're gone - it'll never strike anybody the same way and the great majority of people it'll never strike in any deep way at all but - a really great painting is fluid enough to work its way into the mind and heart through all kinds of different angles, in ways that are unique and very particular. Yours, yours. I was painted for you. ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/i-had-to-say-goodbye-to-her-once-before-but-it-took-everything-i-had-to-say-goodbye-to-her-then-again-for-the-last-time-like-poor-orpheus-turning-for-a-last-backwards-glance-at-the-ghost-of-his-on/

I had to say goodbye to her once before, but it took everything I had to say goodbye to her then, again, for the last time, like poor Orpheus turning for a last backwards glance at the ghost of his only love and in the same heartbeat losing her forever: hinc illae lacrimae, hence those tears. ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/things-would-have-turned-out-better-is-she-had-lived-as-it-was-she-died-when-i-was-kidand-thought-everything-that-happened-to-me-since-then-is-thoroughly-my-own-fault-still-when-i-lost-her-i-lost/

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. ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/it-has-always-been-hard-for-me-to-talk-about-julian-without-romanticizing-him-in-many-ways-i-loved-him-the-most-of-alland-it-is-with-him-that-i-am-most-tempted-to-embroider-to-flatter-to-basicall/

It has always been hard for me to talk about Julian without romanticizing him. In many ways, I loved him the most of all;and it is with him that i am most tempted to embroider, to flatter, to basically reinvent. I think that is because Julian himself was constantly in the process of reinventing people and events around him, conferring kindness, or wisdom, or bravery, or charm, on actions which contained nothing of the sort. It was one of the reasons I loved him: for that flattering light in which he saw me, for the person i was when i was with him, for what it was he allowed me to be. ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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https://loveinquotes.com/people-loved-to-think-they-were-getting-a-deal-four-times-out-of-five-they-would-look-right-past-what-they-didnt-want-to-see-%e2%80%95-donna-tartt/

People loved to think they were getting a deal. Four times out of five they would look right past what they didn’t want to see. ― Donna Tartt

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[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/i-was-charmed-by-his-conversation-and-despite-its-illusion-of-being-rather-modern-and-digressive-to-me-the-hallmark-of-the-modern-mind-is-that-it-loves-to-wander-from-its-subject-i-now-see-that-he/

I was charmed by his conversation, and despite its illusion of being rather modern and digressive (to me, the hallmark of the modern mind is that it loves to wander from its subject) I now see that he was leading me by circumlocution to the same points again and again. For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive. ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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[loveinquotesposts]

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in whatever wink of consciousness that remained to me I felt I understood the secret grandeur of dying, all the knowledge held back from all humankind until the very end: no pain, no fear, magnificent detachment, lying in state upon the death barge and receding into the grand immensities like an emperor, gone, gone, observing all the distant scurryers on shore, freed from all the old human pettiness of love and fear and grief and death. ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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(to me, the hallmark of the modern mind is that it loves to wander from its subject) I ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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https://loveinquotes.com/im-not-blaming-anything-on-your-mom-im-way-past-that-its-just-that-she-loved-you-so-much-i-always-felt-like-kind-of-an-interloper-with-you-guys-stranger-in-my-own-house/

I’m not blaming anything on your mom, I’m way past that. It’s just that she loved you so much, I always felt like kind of an interloper with you guys. Stranger-in-my-own-house kind of thing. You two were so close— he laughed, sadly—there wasn’t much room for three. ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/how-had-i-fetched-up-into-this-strange-new-life-where-drunk-foreigners-shouted-around-me-in-the-night-and-all-my-clothes-were-dirty-and-nobody-loved-me-%e2%80%95-donna-tartt-th/

How had I fetched up into this strange new life, where drunk foreigners shouted around me in the night, and all my clothes were dirty, and nobody loved me? ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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I felt I understood the secret grandeur of dying, all the knowledge held back from all humankind until the very end: no pain, no fear, magnificent detachment, lying in state upon the death barge and receding into the grand immensities like an emperor, gone, gone, observing all the distant scurryers on shore, freed from all the old human pettiness of love and fear and grief and death. ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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[loveinquotesposts]

https://loveinquotes.com/there-were-plenty-of-girls-at-school-prettier-than-harriet-and-nicer-but-none-of-them-were-as-smart-or-as-brave-how-could-he-make-her-love-him-make-her-notice-when-he-wasnt-there/

There were plenty of girls at school prettier than Harriet, and nicer. But none of them were as smart, or as brave. How could he make her love him, make her notice when he wasn't there? ― Donna Tartt

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