Quote by: Donna Tartt

It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. And what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to lose control completely? To throw off all the chains of being for an instant, to shatter the accident of our mortal selves?


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Author Bio


  • NameDonna Tartt
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornDecember 23, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe Secret History; The Little Friend; The Goldfinch