Donna Tartt Quote

He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.

We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.

Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you

I find no importance in showing others that I am happy; it's not important to me that they know or think that I am happy but what is important to me is that I am happy. I am interested in being happy,...

Certainly we can say that the pace of modern life, increased and supported by our technology in general and our personal electronics in particular, has resulted in a short attention span and an addict...

We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.

The intelligence we will create from the reverse-engineering of the brain will have access to its own source code and will be able to rapidly improve itself in an accelerating iterative design cycle....

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?