When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain.

Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt

After Almost Am Color Concentrating Concrete Detail Drop I Am Leaf Off Painted Rain Rolls Room Water Way Wet Wholly Writing

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