And what does a person with such a romantic temperament seek in the study of the classics? He asked this as if, having had the good fortune to catch such a rare bird as myself, he was anxious to extract my opinion while I was still captive in his office.'If by romantic you mean solitary and introspective,' I said, 'I think romantics are frequently the best classicists.'He laughed. 'The great romantics are often failed classicists. But that's beside the point, isn't it?
-Donna Tartt
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