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Truman Capote Quotes

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet Picture Quote #1

Friendship is a pretty full time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends Picture Quote #1

You can do films for the fun of it, or the thrill of it, but certain films you can’t do unless there’s something driving you, something you have a passion for that will pull you through Picture Quote #1

But my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incomplete episodes Picture Quote #1

I don’t use a typewriter, I write longhand, with a pencil. Essentially I’m a horizontal writer. I think better when I’m lying down Picture Quote #1

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it Picture Quote #1

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I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years Picture Quote #1

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself Picture Quote #1

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down Picture Quote #1

Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it Picture Quote #1

He’d always been willing to confess his faults, for, by admitting them, it was as if he made them no longer exist Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A girl doesn’t read this sort of thing without her lipstick Picture Quote #1

If you sweep a house, and tend its fires and fill its stove, and there is love in you all the years you are doing this, then you and that house are married, that house is yours Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together Picture Quote #1

Have you never heard what the wise man say : all of the future exists in the past Picture Quote #1

Still, when all is said, somewhere one must belong: even the soaring falcon returns to its master’s wrist Picture Quote #1

He loved her, he loved her, and until he’d loved her she had never minded being alone Picture Quote #1

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They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities? Picture Quote #1

I loved her enough to forget myself, my self pitying despairs, and be content that something she thought happy was going to happen Picture Quote #1

All his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved Picture Quote #1

I’d rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn’t being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other’s sure to Picture Quote #1

Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity Picture Quote #1

There’s lots of things you don’t know. All kinds of strange things... mostly they happened before we were born: that makes them seem to me so much more real Picture Quote #1

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If a man doesn’t like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn’t like either of them, well, I’m in trouble anyway: he don’t like girls Picture Quote #1

It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I’ll give you two Picture Quote #1

Reading dreams. That’s what started her walking down the road. Every day she’d walk a little further: a mile, and come home. Two miles, and come home. One day she just kept on Picture Quote #1

I haven’t anything against whores, except this: some of them may have an honest tongue but they all have dishonest hearts Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As long as you live, there’s always something waiting; and even if it’s bad, and you know it’s bad, what can you do? You can’t stop living Picture Quote #1

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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet (Truman Capote Quotes) Friendship is a pretty full time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends (Truman Capote Quotes) You can do films for the fun of it, or the thrill of it, but certain films you can’t do unless there’s something driving you, something you have a passion for that will pull you through (Truman Capote Quotes) But my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incomplete episodes (Truman Capote Quotes) I don’t use a typewriter, I write longhand, with a pencil. Essentially I’m a horizontal writer. I think better when I’m lying down (Truman Capote Quotes) Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it (Truman Capote Quotes) I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years (Truman Capote Quotes) Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself (Truman Capote Quotes) Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down (Truman Capote Quotes) Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it (Truman Capote Quotes) He’d always been willing to confess his faults, for, by admitting them, it was as if he made them no longer exist (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 (Truman Capote Quotes) Would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A girl doesn’t read this sort of thing without her lipstick (Truman Capote Quotes) If you sweep a house, and tend its fires and fill its stove, and there is love in you all the years you are doing this, then you and that house are married, that house is yours (Truman Capote Quotes) I don’t want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together (Truman Capote Quotes) Have you never heard what the wise man say : all of the future exists in the past (Truman Capote Quotes) Still, when all is said, somewhere one must belong: even the soaring falcon returns to its master’s wrist (Truman Capote Quotes) He loved her, he loved her, and until he’d loved her she had never minded being alone (Truman Capote Quotes) They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities? (Truman Capote Quotes) I loved her enough to forget myself, my self pitying despairs, and be content that something she thought happy was going to happen (Truman Capote Quotes) All his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved (Truman Capote Quotes) I’d rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn’t being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other’s sure to (Truman Capote Quotes) Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity (Truman Capote Quotes) There’s lots of things you don’t know. All kinds of strange things... mostly they happened before we were born: that makes them seem to me so much more real (Truman Capote Quotes) If a man doesn’t like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn’t like either of them, well, I’m in trouble anyway: he don’t like girls (Truman Capote Quotes) It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I’ll give you two (Truman Capote Quotes) Reading dreams. That’s what started her walking down the road. Every day she’d walk a little further: a mile, and come home. Two miles, and come home. One day she just kept on (Truman Capote Quotes) I haven’t anything against whores, except this: some of them may have an honest tongue but they all have dishonest hearts (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 burden (Truman Capote Quotes) As long as you live, there’s always something waiting; and even if it’s bad, and you know it’s bad, what can you do? You can’t stop living (Truman Capote Quotes)

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