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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

We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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Leaving Sky Time Understand
If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there’s no point in it….for me, every act of the art of solving a mystery.
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Art Artist Myself Mystery
Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
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Deep Existence Future Man Past Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Confidence Yourself
The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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Advice Brain Heart
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
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.
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Darkness Gold Morning Nature Rise Sky Sun
Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Feeling Home Myself
The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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Actor Better Himself Stupidity
There is only one unpardonable sin–deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
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Cruelty Forgiveness Mistake Sin
It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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Funny Intelligence Lose Science Stay Yourself
The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he’ll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.
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Dangerous Friendship Funny Money Sleep World Yourself
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Failure Flavor Inspirational Motivational Perspective Success
It’s a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.
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Life Paper Pieces Reach Tired
Most people don’t find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.
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Creativity Genius Greatness People Talent
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.
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Conversation Goodness Intelligence Scarcity Talk
A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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Art Magic Mathematics Mystery Science Work
Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can’t stand it for some reason.
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Famous Friendship Lose Night People Practice Reason Stand Yourself
It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Choice Myself Natural Normal Ordinary
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Greatness Growth Patience Time
Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
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Evidence Feeling Present Privilege
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.
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Age Children Difficult Luck Past Wisdom Yourself
A boy has to peddle his book.
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Book Boy Education
Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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Listening Secret Trouble
It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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Better Deep Live Sky
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice

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.

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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.

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