Book

The Goldfinch

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE "The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered a

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Characters

Donna Tartt (47)Theodore Decker (18)Boris Pavlikovsky (4)James “Hobie” Hobart (3)

“I was deluded, and I knew it... For the truth of it was: Pippa and I saw each other maybe twice a year; we e-mailed and texted, though with no great regularity; when she was in town we loaned each other books and went to the movies; we were friends; nothing more. My hopes for a relationship with her…”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com

Tagged: Unrequited Love, Friends, Crush, Love, romance

“While I was still in Amsterdam, I dreamed about my mother for the first time in years.”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books

“While I was still in Amsterdam, I dreamed about my mother for the first time in years.”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books, Amsterdam

“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty, fascination, Art, Life, Meaning

“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Death, Relationships, Toxic

“Beauty is terror.”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear, beauty, Philosophy, Life, one perfect sentence

“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, How Love Feels, Loving Too Much, Love Hurts