Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
TRUMAN CAPOTEMost secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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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.
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How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.
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Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
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We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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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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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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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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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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A boy has to peddle his book.
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Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.
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