Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Johnson Kostovais an American author best known for her debut novel The Historian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 December 1964
CountryUnited States of America
nasty practicals fellows
I've noticed Dracula was often as practical a fellow as he was a nasty one.
people gypsy jew
We Gypsies know that where Jews are killed, Gypsies are always murthered too. And then a lot of other people, usually.
atheist saint culture
These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.
book purpose reader
No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.
fall passion people
Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.
looks faces firsts
For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.
Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)
real father historical
The thing that most haunted me that day, however...was the fact that these things had - apparently - actually occurred...For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history's terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth. And once you've seen that truth - really seen it - you can't look away.
book library want
You are a total stranger and you want to take my library book.
plato needs problem
The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.
hands said stoker
He brought his great hand to rest on an early edition of Bram Stoker's novel and smiled, but said nothing. Then he moved quietly away into another section.
terrible touched trusted
It touched me to be trusted with something terrible.
tears poetic tropes
I've read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And perhaps there isn't, since hers was simply a companion to my own.
believe thinking europe
What comes to your mind when you think of the word Transylvania, if you ponder it at all? What comes to my mind are mountains of savage beauty, ancient castles, werewolves, and witches - a land of magical obscurity. How, in short, am I to believe I will still be in Europe, on entering such a realm? I shall let you know if it's Europe or fairyland, when I get there. First, Snagov - I set out tomorrow.