“He left soon afterwards, leaving her alone in the dark room, illuminated time to time by shocking leaps of heat lightning, and… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“One day she told the class, ‘Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that’s one definition… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“In the country, spring is a time of small happenings happening quietly, hyacinth shoots thrusting in a garden, willows burning with a… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“Aside from all else, there is some truth in that; clocks indeed must have their sacrifice: what is death but an offering… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I've always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn't, I just might have gone down the drain… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“I thought Lord of the Flies was one of the great rip-offs of our time. Complete steal from A High Wind In… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Of many magics, one is watching a beloved sleep: free of eyes and awareness, you for a sweet moment hold the heart… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“You can beat your brains out for her, and she’ll hand you horseshit on a platter.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
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… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“...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… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“Is it - I'm not certain - possible to love someone if your first interest is the use you can make of him? Doesn't… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
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… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
But, my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incompleted episodes? 'We work in the dark, we… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“…she, glittery voyager of secure destination, steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
