Danielle Trussoni
Danielle Trussoni
Danielle Anne Trussoni is an American writer. Her work includes four books: Falling Through the Earth; Angelology, Angelopolisand a forthcoming memoir The Fortress. In addition to being published in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine and Tin House, her writings have been widely anthologized...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
enemy important treacherous
But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies.
writing want one-thing
One thing that I don't ever want to do is write something I don't love.
writing angel discipline
Since the Middle Ages, people have been writing about angels. Angelology was actually at one point a scholastic discipline.
religious book angel
I don't think there are actually any theologians practicing angelology or studying angels anymore, but it's definitely in a lot of religious literature. It's still out there, and people are still interested. Even in the more secular way, books about angels are everywhere.
uplifting morning school
When I was little, I went to a Catholic school and was required to go to church every morning and with my parents on Sundays, so I spent a lot of time sitting on a wooden pew. Angels are sort of a relief. If you're looking around, the other imagery is so dark and heavy. Looking at the beautifully rendered pictures of angels was more uplifting.
angel thinking inspire
Even the good angels, I think, would inspire in humans some sort of fear.
night years escaping
Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities - engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it
beautiful play ears
Beautiful music plays, but not everyone with ears can hear it.
falling-in-love eye childhood
I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.
work-out kitchen dishes
If there are too many cooks in the kitchen, the dish is not going to work out.
wise action reckless
Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.
angel thinking vampire
I think angels definitely offer all the imaginative possibilities that vampires do, and I think they've actually been popular in Western culture for longer than vampires have been. I hope they become a part of the culture again in a new way.
heaven humanity earth
These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.
girl fall angel
As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since.