Colin Heinley

“For humans-trapped in biology-there was no mercy: we lived a while, we fussed around for a bit and died, we rotted in the ground like garbage. Time destroyed us all soon enough. But to destroy, or lose, a deathless thing-to break bonds stronger than the temporal-was a metaphysical uncoupling all its own, a startling new flavor of despair.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“People are dumb. I’ll never get over how dumb people are.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“He was a planet without an atmosphere.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“And her laugh was enough to make you want to kick over what you were doing and follow her down the street.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch