You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. Truman Capote More Quotes by Truman Capote More Quotes From Truman Capote I dream of eagles and bring forth sparrows. Truman Capote eaglesdreaminspirational Randolph," he said, "were you ever as young as me?" And Randolph said: "I was never so old. Truman Capote youngsaid I've tried to believe, but I don't, I can't, and there's no use pretending. Truman Capote pretendingusebelieve I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before. Truman Capote drunkdrinkingthinking As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living. Truman Capote waitinginspirationallong Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly Truman Capote tiffanysholliescharacter It's redundant to die in Los Angeles. Truman Capote redundantlos-angelesdies I think of myself as a stylist, and stylists can become notoriously obsessed with the placing of a comma, the weight of a semicolon. Truman Capote weightwritingthinking Poor slob without a name. It's a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven't the right to give him one: he'll have to wait until he belongs to somebody. We just sort of took up by the river one day, we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I. I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together. Truman Capote independentnamesrivers You know the days when you get the mean reds? Paul Varjak: The mean reds. You mean like the blues? Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you’re getting fat, and maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re just sad, that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid, and you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling? Truman Capote rainlongmean we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I. Truman Capote breakfast-at-tiffanysindependent [Y]outh is hardly human: it can't be, for the young never believe they will die...especially would they never believe that death comes, and often, in forms other than the natural one. Truman Capote naturalinspirationalbelieve our real fears are the sounds of footsteps walking in the corridors of our minds, and the anxieties, the phantom floatings, they create. Truman Capote anxietyrealmind It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing. Truman Capote bad-writingwritinglittles Clocks indeed must have their sacrifice: what is death but an offering to time and eternity? Truman Capote sacrificeofferinginspirational She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise whe was perfect. Truman Capote flawsperfect I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to. Truman Capote cancerhonestyheart I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. Truman Capote lovelyhonoryears there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven. Truman Capote crueltyforgivensin She sounds the way bananas taste. Truman Capote tastesoundway
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