“The thought of her flooded every corner of my mind with light and poured brightness into miraculous lofts I hadn’t even known were there, vistas that seemed to exist not at all except in relationship to her.”
More from Donna Tartt
“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”
“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
“But it’s so heartbreaking and unnecessary how we lose things. From pure carelessness.”