Irne Greenleaf

“And what does a person with such a romantic temperament seek in the study of the classics? He asked this as if, having had the good fortune to catch such a rare bird as myself, he was anxious to extract my opinion while I was still captive in his office.
'If by romantic you mean solitary and introspective,' I said, 'I think romantics are frequently the best classicists.'
He laughed. 'The great romantics are often failed classicists. But that's beside the point, isn't it?”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Lord God, to be born with no talent is bad enough, but to have a macabre and febrile imagination as well is a curse.”
― Anne Rice, Violin

“How to say that she had built a life that relied on the mirrors of others?”
― Lottie Hazell, Piglet

“like to cry alone. It felt so marvelously good, to cry and cry, totally removed from any hint of censure! No one to tell you yes or no, no one to beg for forgiveness, no one to intervene.”
― Anne Rice, Violin: A Novel