Sabine

“All of a sudden I found myself able to see him as the world saw him, as I myself had seen him when I first met him - cool, well-mannered, rich, absolutely beyond reproach. It was a convincing illusion that even I, who knew the essential falseness of it, felt oddly comforted.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Neither one cares about anybody but himself - or herself, as the case may be. They like to present a unified front but I don't even know how much they care about each other.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“I couldn't imagine what Henry was doing, but as disconnected as his actions seemed, I had a childlike faith in him and, as confidently as Dr Watson observing the actions of his more illustrious friend, I waited for the design to manifest itself.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Their reason, their very eyes and ears were fixed irrevocably in the confines of those stern and ancient rhythms - the wold, in fact, was not their home, at least not the world as I knew it - and far from being occasional visitors to this land which I myself knew only as an admiring tourist, they were pretty much its permanent residents, as permanent as I suppose it was possible for them to be.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History