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Truman Capote quotes: We huddle in the bed, and she squeezes my hand I-love-you. We huddle in the bed, and she squeezes my hand I-love-you.
Truman Capote quotes: Dizzy with excitement is no mere phrase. Dizzy with excitement is no mere phrase.
Truman Capote quotes: We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why. We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
Truman Capote quotes: You can't give your heart to a wild thing. You can't give your heart to a wild thing.
Truman Capote quotes: I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does they might as well be dead. I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does they might as well be dead.
Truman Capote quotes: How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up. How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.
Truman Capote quotes: I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about. I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.
Truman Capote quotes: There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink. There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.
Truman Capote quotes: though some gifted tailor had almost succeeded in camouflaging his plump and spankable bottom. though some gifted tailor had almost succeeded in camouflaging his plump and spankable bottom.
Truman Capote quotes: How much money did you get from the Clutters?''Between forty and fifty dollars. How much money did you get from the Clutters?'
'Between forty and fifty dollars.
Truman Capote quotes: The mood of misery that descended never altogether lifted; it lingered like a cloud that might rain or might not. The mood of misery that descended never altogether lifted; it lingered like a cloud that might rain or might not.
Truman Capote quotes: I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek. I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
Truman Capote quotes: The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection. The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
Truman Capote quotes: They've had the old clap-yo'-hands so many times it amounts to applause. They've had the old clap-yo'-hands so many times it amounts to applause.
Truman Capote quotes: However few people can successfully demonstrate a principle in common ethics when their deliberation is festered with emotionalism. However few people can successfully demonstrate a principle in common ethics when their deliberation is festered with emotionalism.
Truman Capote quotes: Mick Jagger moves like a parody between a majorette girl and Fred Astaire. Mick Jagger moves like a parody between a majorette girl and Fred Astaire.
Truman Capote quotes: Randolph," he said, "were you ever as young as me?" And Randolph said: "I was never so old. Randolph," he said, "were you ever as young as me?" And Randolph said: "I was never so old.
Truman Capote quotes: He loved her, he loved her, and until he'd loved her she had never minded being alone ... He loved her, he loved her, and until he'd loved her she had never minded being alone ...
Truman Capote quotes: I thought of the future, and spoke of the past. I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
Truman Capote quotes: Now listen to me, Buddy: there is only one unpardonable sin - deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven. That, never. Now listen to me, Buddy: there is only one unpardonable sin - deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven. That, never.
Truman Capote quotes: Happiness leaves such slender records; it is the dark days that are so voluminously documented. Happiness leaves such slender records; it is the dark days that are so voluminously documented.
Truman Capote quotes: Very few authors, especially the unpublished, can resist an invitation to read aloud. Very few authors, especially the unpublished, can resist an invitation to read aloud.
Truman Capote quotes: There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion. There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.
Truman Capote quotes: And unless one can observe the guilt and regret of the mourners, surely there is nothing satisfactory about being dead? And unless one can observe the guilt and regret of the mourners, surely there is nothing satisfactory about being dead?
Truman Capote quotes: That's not writing, that's typing. That's not writing, that's typing.
Truman Capote quotes: Do you love him?" " I told you: you can make yourself love anybody. Do you love him?" " I told you: you can make yourself love anybody.
Truman Capote quotes: Lively, too. Talky as a jaybird. With something smart to say on every subject: better than the radio. Lively, too. Talky as a jaybird. With something smart to say on every subject: better than the radio.
Truman Capote quotes: Our real fears are the sounds of footsteps walking in the corridors of our minds, and the anxieties, the phantom floatings, they create. Our real fears are the sounds of footsteps walking in the corridors of our minds, and the anxieties, the phantom floatings, they create.
Truman Capote quotes: A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology. A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
Truman Capote quotes: Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor. Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor.
Truman Capote quotes: Work is the only device I know of. Work is the only device I know of.
Truman Capote quotes: Are the dead as lonesome as the living? Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
Truman Capote quotes: All children are morbid: it's their one saving grace. All children are morbid: it's their one saving grace.
Truman Capote quotes: Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that's why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that's why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a burden.
Truman Capote quotes: Freedom may be the most important thing in life, but there's such a thing as too much freedom. Freedom may be the most important thing in life, but there's such a thing as too much freedom.
Truman Capote quotes: I didn't know ten people who had radios. I didn't know ten people who had radios.
Truman Capote quotes: One lost an IQ point for every year spent on the West Coast One lost an IQ point for every year spent on the West Coast
Truman Capote quotes: Those fellows, they're always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims. Those fellows, they're always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims.
Truman Capote quotes: Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper. Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.
Truman Capote quotes: Well, it wasn't no revelation to me cause I always knew she was a freak. Well, it wasn't no revelation to me cause I always knew she was a freak.
Truman Capote quotes: As far as responsibility goes, no one really wants it -- but all of us are responsible to the community we live in & its laws. As far as responsibility goes, no one really wants it -- but all of us are responsible to the community we live in & its laws.
Truman Capote quotes: To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make. To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.
Truman Capote quotes: Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is." THE Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is." THE
Truman Capote quotes: He called after her as shedisappeared down the path, a pretty girl in a hurry ... He called after her as she
disappeared down the path, a pretty girl in a hurry ...
Truman Capote quotes: What I am trying to achieve is a voice sitting by a fireplace telling you a story on a winter's evening. What I am trying to achieve is a voice sitting by a fireplace telling you a story on a winter's evening.
Truman Capote quotes: But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods.
Truman Capote quotes: I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it till the end of the race. I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it till the end of the race.
Truman Capote quotes: It is well known that women outlive men; could it merely be superior vanity that keeps them going? It is well known that women outlive men; could it merely be superior vanity that keeps them going?
Truman Capote quotes: So little, once it has changed, changes back. So little, once it has changed, changes back.
Truman Capote quotes: No. Because I'm not a cold plate of m-m-macaroni. I'm a warm-hearted person. It's the basis of my character. No. Because I'm not a cold plate of m-m-macaroni. I'm a warm-hearted person. It's the basis of my character.
Truman Capote quotes: Never love a wild thing ... If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky. Never love a wild thing ... If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky.
Truman Capote quotes: Oh, I adore to cook. It makes me feel so mindless in a worthwhile way. Oh, I adore to cook. It makes me feel so mindless in a worthwhile way.
Truman Capote quotes: I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.
Truman Capote quotes: When you're grown up, will we still be friends? When you're grown up, will we still be friends?
Truman Capote quotes: Don't wanna ride on the devil's side ... just wanna ride with you Don't wanna ride on the devil's side ... just wanna ride with you
Truman Capote quotes: It is easy to ignore the rain if you have a raincoat It is easy to ignore the rain if you have a raincoat
Truman Capote quotes: And since gin to artifice bears the same relation as tears to mascara, her attractions at once dissembled. And since gin to artifice bears the same relation as tears to mascara, her attractions at once dissembled.
Truman Capote quotes: I well understand why analysts demand high payment, for what can be more tedious than listening to another person recount his dreams? I well understand why analysts demand high payment, for what can be more tedious than listening to another person recount his dreams?
Truman Capote quotes: On the opposite bank, a hummingbird, whirring it's invisible wings, ate the heart of a giant tiger lily. On the opposite bank, a hummingbird, whirring it's invisible wings, ate the heart of a giant tiger lily.
Truman Capote quotes: His voice with its Cuban accent was soft and sweet as a banana. His voice with its Cuban accent was soft and sweet as a banana.
Truman Capote quotes: When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely. When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.
Truman Capote quotes: It's the uncertainty concerning themselves that makes our friends conspire to deny the differences. It's the uncertainty concerning themselves that makes our friends conspire to deny the differences.
Truman Capote quotes: Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
Truman Capote quotes: Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies. Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies.
Truman Capote quotes: She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise she was perfect. She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise she was perfect.
Truman Capote quotes: I know the next best thing is often the very best. I know the next best thing is often the very best.
Truman Capote quotes: Always, the path unwinds through lemony sun pools and pitch vine tunnels. Always, the path unwinds through lemony sun pools and pitch vine tunnels.
Truman Capote quotes: Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town. Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.
Truman Capote quotes: As a child he had often thought of killing himself, but those were sentimental reveries born a wish to punish his father and mother and other enemies. As a child he had often thought of killing himself, but those were sentimental reveries born a wish to punish his father and mother and other enemies.
Truman Capote quotes: think of nothing thingsthink of wind think of nothing things
think of wind
Truman Capote quotes: I've been other things beside a clown. I have sold insurance, too. I've been other things beside a clown. I have sold insurance, too.
Truman Capote quotes: A beautiful day with the buoyancy of a bird. A beautiful day with the buoyancy of a bird.
Truman Capote quotes: Scrubbed, combed, as tidy as two dudes setting off on a double date, they went out to the car. Scrubbed, combed, as tidy as two dudes setting off on a double date, they went out to the car.
Truman Capote quotes: the city swayed in a squall-like downpour. Sharks might have swum through the air, the city swayed in a squall-like downpour. Sharks might have swum through the air,
Truman Capote quotes: Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller. Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
Truman Capote quotes: A hundred feet ahead, a dog trotted along the side of the road. Dick swerved toward it. It A hundred feet ahead, a dog trotted along the side of the road. Dick swerved toward it. It
Truman Capote quotes: it was not a place that strangers came upon by chance. it was not a place that strangers came upon by chance.
Truman Capote quotes: Where are you, Fred? Because it's cold. There's snow in the wind. Where are you, Fred? Because it's cold. There's snow in the wind.
Truman Capote quotes: You're wonderful. Unique. I love you. You're wonderful. Unique. I love you.
Truman Capote quotes: Other voices, other rooms, voices lost and clouded, strummed his dreams. Other voices, other rooms, voices lost and clouded, strummed his dreams.
Truman Capote quotes: His dreams were clear blue His dreams were clear blue
Truman Capote quotes: If we know the past, and live the present, it is possible that we dream the future? If we know the past, and live the present, it is possible that we dream the future?
Truman Capote quotes: How silly, my dear; don't you know that if I came here as a child, then most of me never left? How silly, my dear; don't you know that if I came here as a child, then most of me never left?
Truman Capote quotes: I can see every monster as they come in. I can see every monster as they come in.
Truman Capote quotes: Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote. Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.
Truman Capote quotes: In the eyelid-blue betweenness the wordy sounds of the whiskey-drinkers spilled distantly. In the eyelid-blue betweenness the wordy sounds of the whiskey-drinkers spilled distantly.
Truman Capote quotes: you got to want it to be good, and I don't want it. you got to want it to be good, and I don't want it.
Truman Capote quotes: amazement, shading into dismay; a shallow horror sensation that cold springs of personal fear swiftly deepened. amazement, shading into dismay; a shallow horror sensation that cold springs of personal fear swiftly deepened.
Truman Capote quotes: Fitzgerald has charm. It's a silly word, but it's an exact word for me. I like 'The Great Gatsby' and it's sad, gay nostalgia. Fitzgerald has charm. It's a silly word, but it's an exact word for me. I like 'The Great Gatsby' and it's sad, gay nostalgia.
Truman Capote quotes: Good taste is the death of art Good taste is the death of art
Truman Capote quotes: Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad. Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.
Truman Capote quotes: It was a tricky quality that suggested, well, magic and things read in books, It was a tricky quality that suggested, well, magic and things read in books,
Truman Capote quotes: One day she told the class, 'Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that's one definition of a lady.' One day she told the class, 'Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that's one definition of a lady.'
Truman Capote quotes: I've been working, working, working, and you know, sometimes you look back at your work and you see that it just isn't any good. I've been working, working, working, and you know, sometimes you look back at your work and you see that it just isn't any good.
Truman Capote quotes: All literature is ultimately gossip. All literature is ultimately gossip.
Truman Capote quotes: It's redundant to die in Los Angeles. It's redundant to die in Los Angeles.
Truman Capote quotes: Orange flavoring and vodka. They Orange flavoring and vodka. They
Truman Capote quotes: She's such a goddamn liar maybe she don't know herself anymore. She's such a goddamn liar maybe she don't know herself anymore.
Truman Capote quotes: You musn't give your heart to a wild thing. You musn't give your heart to a wild thing.
Truman Capote quotes: I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods. I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods.

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