Sarah

“The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.”
― Donna Tartt

“It’s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything we want it is one day to leave us. It’s the something unseen, the lurking devastation, the darkness that gives our lives dimension.”
― Marisha Pessl, Night Film

“But though it was the most resonant and real-seeming thing that had happened in a long time, I didn't want to spoil it by talking about it...”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“Don't get it right, get it written.”
― James Thurber