The vitality of the act was entirely obfuscated, the beauty, the terror, the sacrifice.’ He took one last drag of this cigarette and put it out. ‘Quite simply,’ he said, ‘we didn’t believe. And belief was the one condition which was absolutely necessary. Belief, and absolute surrender.

The vitality of the act was entirely obfuscated, the beauty, the terror, the sacrifice.’ He took one last drag of this cigarette and put it out. ‘Quite simply,’ he said, ‘we didn’t believe. And belief was the one condition which was absolutely necessary. Belief, and absolute surrender.

– Donna Tartt –

The Secret History

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