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Donna Tartt
“They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good.”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History

Alan Jacobs
“all of us at various times in our lives believe true things for poor reasons, and false things for good reasons, and that whatever we think we know, whether we’re right or wrong, arises from our interactions with other human beings. Thinking independently, solitarily, “for ourselves,” is not an option.”
Alan Jacobs, How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

Donna Tartt
“There is a recurrent scene from those dinners that surfaces again and again, like an obsessive undercurrent in a dream. Julian, at the head of the long table, rises to his feet and lifts his wineglass. ‘Live forever,’ he says.

And the rest of us rise too, and clink our glasses across the table, like an army regiment crossing sabres: Henry and Bunny, Charles and Francis, Camilla and I. ‘Live forever,’ we chorus, throwing our glasses back in unison.

And always, always, that same toast. Live forever.”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History

Donna Tartt
“We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?” “To live,” said Camilla. “To live forever,”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History

Donna Tartt
“Well if you wake up intending to murder someone at two o’clock, you hardly think what you’re going to feed the corpse for dinner."
“Aspargus is in season,” said Francis helpfully.”
Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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