I went into churches because they were built from the heart. Improbable hearts that I had never understood before. Hearts so full of longing that these old stones still cry out with their extasy.
“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”— Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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It’s so healing to wake up in a silent house and silently make your own coffee or tea and enjoy the beautifully intricate fullness of the morning silence while remaining calm and collected and unbothered by all outer and inner noise and it’s so low-key elevating and pacifying to rejoice in the silent atmosphere of your own house and just silently block the rest of the world…it’s a slice of heaven
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Written and read by Donna Tartt, Prologue to "The Secret History"
Book Recommendation: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Secret History is Donna Tartt’s debut novel published in 1992. Set in New England, the novel tells the story of a closely knit group of six classics students at a small Vermont college who murder a fellow pupil. This mystery is about uncovering the motive for the crime, as the guilty party is revealed in the first chapter.
“Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.” - Plato
