7 September 2019: "Yet even a child can see its dignity: thimble of bravery, all fluff and brittle bone. Not timid, not even hopeless, but steady and holding its place. Refusing to pull back from the world." --Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
Finished this veritable tome just a little while ago and seriously enjoyed it. Some of that enjoyment was due to experiencing again those familiar feelings of having a book waiting for you to get back to it, always sort of hovering there in your mind, kind of calling to you, as look forward to the time you'll pick it up and dive back in. But that isn't the only reason. The passage above, one of the final descriptions of the titular painting, explains a lot of the rest.
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