01UndatedAs you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.Elizabeth Kostova / quote ↗
02UndatedThis time I felt my own face redden. Talking with this woman was like sitting still for a series of slaps, delivered arhythmically so you couldn't know when the next one was coming.Elizabeth Kostova / quote ↗
03UndatedIn those days, I still thoroughly enjoyed the romance I called "by myself"; I didn't know yet how it gets lonely, picks up a sharp edge later on that ruins a day now and then-- ruins more than that, if you're not careful.Elizabeth Kostova / quote ↗
04UndatedIt's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.Elizabeth Kostova / quote ↗