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Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.

Truman Capote

The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
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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Dreams Herself Home Oneself Reading Road Start Walk
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.
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Born Law Learning Music Painting Perspective Writing Yourself
The good thing about masturbation is that you don’t have to get dressed up for it.
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Appearance Clothes Funny Goodness Sex Yourself
I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
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Day Life Live Myself Theory Time
Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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Life Love Nature Science
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice
I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Care Myself Opinion True
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
You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Heart Wild Yourself
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
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
It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Choice Myself Natural Normal Ordinary
I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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Country Prefer Simplicity Writing
One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it’s going to be told.
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Difficult Myself Novel View Writing
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Confidence Yourself

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