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title: "7 Belong Quotes By Truman Capote"
description: "7 Belong quotes by Truman Capote. Plus more from Truman Capote and more Belong sayings from other authors."
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> [“We just sort of of took up by the river one day, we don't belong to each other : he's an independent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/we-just-sort-of-of-took-up-by-the-river-one-day-we-don-t-belong-to/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/truman-capote-376_breakfast-at-tiffany_we-just-sort-of-of-took-up-by-the-river_272235.jpg)

> [I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-love-new-york-even-though-it-isn-t-mine-the-way-something-has-to-be/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/truman-capote-376_belong_i-love-new-york-even-though-it-isn-t-min_489717.jpg)

> [Poor slob without a name. It's a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven't the right to give him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/poor-slob-without-a-name-it-s-a-little-inconvenient-his-not-having-a/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/truman-capote-376_found_poor-slob-without-a-name-it-s-a-little-i_504744.jpg)

> [we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/we-don-t-belong-to-each-other-he-s-an-independent-and-so-am-i/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/truman-capote-376_independent_we-don-t-belong-to-each-other-he-s-an-in_1205427.jpg)

> [“I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together. I'm not quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-don-t-want-to-own-anything-until-i-know-i-ve-found-the-place-where-2/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/truman-capote-376_belong-together_i-don-t-want-to-own-anything-until-i-kno_1809202.jpg)

> [Oh Jesus God we did belong to each other. He was mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/oh-jesus-god-we-did-belong-to-each-other-he-was-mine/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/truman-capote-376_belong_oh-jesus-god-we-did-belong-to-each-other_2278313.jpg)

> [“I don´t want to own anything until I know I have found the place where me and things belong together. I´m not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-don-t-want-to-own-anything-until-i-know-i-have-found-the-place/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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## Other authors on Belong

## More by Truman Capote

> [“You can beat your brains out for her, and she’ll hand you horseshit on a platter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/you-can-beat-your-brains-out-for-her-and-she-ll-hand-you-horseshit-on/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/the-walls-of-the-cell-fell-away-the-sky-came-down-i-saw-the-big/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“Don't wanna ride on the devil's side...just wanna ride with you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/don-t-wanna-ride-on-the-devil-s-side-just-wanna-ride-with-you/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [Wrinkles and bones, white hair and diamonds: I can't wait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/wrinkles-and-bones-white-hair-and-diamonds-i-can-t-wait/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/you-can-t-blame-a-writer-for-what-the-characters-say/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [There is really no practical help that one can offer; it is a matter of self-discovery, of one's own convictions, or working with one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/there-is-really-no-practical-help-that-one-can-offer-it-is-a-matter/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“...Narcissus was so egotist...he was merely another of us who, in our unshatterable isolation, recognized, on seeing his reflection, the beautiful comrade, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/narcissus-was-so-egotist-he-was-merely-another-of-us-who-in-our/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“Is it - I'm not certain - possible to love someone if your first interest is the use you can make of him? Doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/is-it-i-m-not-certain-possible-to-love-someone-if-your-first-interest/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/one-of-the-most-difficult-things-in-writing-a-novel-or-anything-at/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-ve-never-worked-for-a-newspaper-i-ve-had-some-very-bad-reviews-in/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [But, my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incompleted episodes? 'We work in the dark, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/but-my-dear-so-few-things-are-fulfilled-what-are-most-lives-but-a/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“…she, glittery voyager of secure destination, steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/she-glittery-voyager-of-secure-destination-steamed-down-the-harbor/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“Because it's indeed difficult to portray, in any meaningful depth, another being, his appearance, speech, mentality, without to some degree, and often for quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/because-it-s-indeed-difficult-to-portray-in-any-meaningful-depth/)

[truman capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“It's a bore, but the answer is good things only happen to you if you're good. Good? Honest is more what I mean. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/it-s-a-bore-but-the-answer-is-good-things-only-happen-to-you-if-you/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“In the courtyard there was an angel of black stone, and its angel head rose above giant elephant leaves; the stark glass angel eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/in-the-courtyard-there-was-an-angel-of-black-stone-and-its-angel-head/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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