Elizabeth Kostova Quotes

Life’s better, sounder, when we don’t brood unnecessarily on horrors. As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.

Elizabeth Kostova

• Life
• History
• Evil
• Tears

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  • History
  • Evil