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— the secret history, donna tartt.

The Secret History

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”

“I prefer to think of it, he had said, as redistribution of matter.”

“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”

“In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.”

“Anything is grand if it's done on a large enough scale.”

“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly the ones i did not.”

“There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty - unless she is wed to something more meaningful - is always superficial.”

Totally didn't make this like a year ago but posting it just now what definitely nott

You know how Julian says the divine comedy is incomprehensible to someone who isn’t a christian; the secret history doesn’t make sense if you don’t read it as Richard Papen. To truly appreciate the book you must be Richard as long as you read it.

Yes, I am literary going to give Donna Tart another goddamn chance to shatter my heart and soul and make me feel misserable but at least make me feel something BIG

guees who bought cigarettes bc characters in book that I finished were smoking and I want to be like them

The Secret History ruined my summer.

From now on I am not going to do anything but listen to Lana Del Rey and think of concerningly smart and rich men. And maybe read something that will make me feel even more misserable.

A little sketch of how i imaginated Buny when i read the Secret history for the first time.

am i a person or am i just a bunch of quotes from the secret history glued together?

i'm still not sure how i feel about any of tsh characters because all this time Julian was manipulating the greek class, the og class was manipulating Richard and he was manipulating us, the readers, so can we believe anything that was said in this book anymore?

do it for the morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs

i'm currently reading the secret history and i find it really interesting how Richard will keep talking about Charles or Francis or (mainly) Henry for PAGES and then add one line about how pretty Camilla is and how he's so very in love with her. like be so fr rn— who are you trying to convince you're straight because you're definitely not convincing me

i finally got the secret history and i was scanning through it and can someone pls tell me why is each chapter like at least 50 pages??? im one of those ppl that can read ten chapters 5pages each in an hour but will be fighting one 50 pages long chapter for like a week😭😭

i finished the secret history i will forever think of it

as someone who is currently reading the secret history for the first time, reading the ["look guys," Charles said. "its really snowing." Tiny flakes just visible at the top of the pines.] while hearing the song 'and the world was gone' by snow ghosts really changed something in me

currently on page 286 of the secret history and oh my god bunny, bunny you were awful i hate you so much but holy shit