Coffeerson - Cofferson

when henry winter said that all he ever wanted to do was live without thinking, i felt it on a profound level

Today I discovered that a couple of TSH characters were based on actual people Donna Tartt knew at Bennington College- amongst them were students Todd O'Neal and Matt Jacobsen, who were the inspiration for Henry and Bunny respectively.

AND JUST—

There's even their own comments about it and it's so funny wait:

Here's the source

“it’s starting to smell like pumpkin spice!”

“it’s starting to smell like scary movies!”

no.

it’s starting to smell like, the snow in the mountains was melting and bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to realize the gravity of our situation.

the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

~I dance on the glass, we dance in each other's eyes and in the madness I push you away because you recognized the bitterness of my soul.~

NEVER OVERDRESSED

NEVER OVEREDUCATED

fuck wrapped, how obscure are yall

foaming at the mouth at the realization that the climax of The Secret History started with Henry "kidnapping" Camilla like the Trojan War started because of Paris "kidnapping" Helen

the sun literally sets and casts a golden hue over everything every single day and we fucked it all up and invented paying rent