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

--

Source : Donna Tartt (2011). “The Secret History”, p.40, Vintage

Donna Tartt

#Beautiful Quotes #Quiver Quotes #Terror Quotes

“I love the U.S. I love doing business there.”
“Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.”

Source : "David Sylvian: 'Do gentlemen still take Polaroids? I think they take Viagra now!'". Interview with Richard Vine, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2012.
“Athletes and actors do really crazy things and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it! Said to William Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he asked about the practical worth of electricity.”
“A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.”
“I want to reclaim who I am.”

Source : Interview With Matt Lauer, www.nbcnews.com. June 29, 2010.
“Our thoughts are boundless, though our frames are frail, Our souls immortal, though our limbs decay; Though darken'd in this poor life by a veil Of suffering, dying matter, we shall play In truth's eternal sunbeams; on the way To heaven's high capitol our cars shall roll; The temple of the Power whom all obey, That is the mark we tend to, for the soul Can take no lower flight, and seek no meaner goal.”

Source : James Gates Percival (1821). “Poems by James G. Percival ...”, p.322
“I think I'm hornier than most dudes. I'm not a selfish lover - but the bottom line is... I guess I am horny. I'm insatiable. I can never get enough.”

You may also like: