Yarik

“She talked like a woman who knew more books than people.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

“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

“Lucifier's bloody ball sack, I don't believe it." ~ Bones”
― Jeaniene Frost, This Side of the Grave

“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History