Donna Tartt Quotes

A collection of quotes by Donna Tartt.

Donna Tartt is an American author known for her highly acclaimed novels. She was born on December 23, 1963, in Greenwood, Mississippi. Tartt gained wide recognition with her debut novel, "The Secret History" published in 1992, which became a bestseller. Her other notable works include "The Little Friend" released in 2002 and "The Goldfinch" published in 2013, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Tartt's writings are often characterized by their intricate plots, richly developed characters, and precise prose. She remains a prominent figure in contemporary literature.

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even whe

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.

Love

The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read

The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read so often that I've internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out.

Love

Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth

Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.

Sad

To really be centered and to really work well and to think a

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

Alone

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for.

Funny

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn'

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.

The novel is about five students of classics who are studyin

The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that they're learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences.

Learning