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Truman Capote

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DEBORAH DAVIS As he took her hand
he gave her
all she had been
waiting for--
a shiver
dow...
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ALVIN AILEY You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace."
I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl...
TAMMARA WEBBER Morfyd’s care.
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In a flash, they disappeared. The path, the gate, the dem...
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One day in the park
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SOURCE UNKNOWN A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD That lead disappeared in a hurry, didn't it? We got a couple of key possessions, and managed to get ...
BOB HOFMAN I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.
KIRAN DESAI Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
GERALD CLARKE A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands ...
SUZANNE COLLINS You truly are the most astonishingly beautiful hobbit I’ve ever seen,” he said, and Tamsyn froze...
ERICA DAKIN my grandfather would have loved to have met you," Charles told her huskily. "He would have called yo...
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NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON I cursed myself. For once, heaven had sent me "Beauty" in its most perfected form and I abandoned it...
ROMAN PAYNE At the high school a pretty girl strolled across the parking lot to her black stallion, let her ciga...
DOUGLAS WOOLF But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love.

....
PETER CAREY My dream dinner party guests would be Ethel Kennedy, Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.
DYLAN PENN There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
Wh...
KRISTEN MCKEE Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had...
JAMES WOLCOTT He has a great work ethic. He takes people down in a hurry. He puts people on their back and goes af...
MIKE RODRIGUEZ She sought refuge, and he came down after, in effect, hunting her.
JOE DURKIN This was the first time I thought of S— that day. Her music was beautiful, her voice was beautiful...
ROMAN PAYNE Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I'm not very good with anything physical...' she began as they turned down a hallway she had never s...
MICHELLE ZINK Stick Boy liked Match Girl,
He liked her a lot.
He liked her cute figure,
he thought ...
TIM BURTON His fingers trailed a path on her skin down her back. “Have I found a pleasure spot?” he asked w...
MARY MORGAN She tilted her head, looking back down at Del’s notes as she absently tore the crust off her pizza...
PRISCILLA GLENN My grandfather would have loved to have met you," he told her huskily. "He would have called you 'Sh...
PATRICIA BRIGGS Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Some days after, the girl encountered her again, in a dream, as she was years ago: a very slender yo...
GINA BERRIAULT I smile at her. "You're an angel."

"Nah," she says.
"I'm just a girl crazy in love.
PITTACUS LORE Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?'

'Yes,' said Harry.

'You ca...
J.K. ROWLING He missed you just as I did. He worried about you just as I worried. He looked for you. Tried to fin...
SARAH MACLEAN For the Wife Beater's Wife

With blue irises her face is blossomed. Blue
Circling to ...
BRUCE WEIGL I wish I was home", She said miserably.
She tried so hard to be brave,
to be fierce as a...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She was halfway through the second yard when she heard Cyprien fall and curse.

No man in ...
LYNN VIEHL Boney freckled knees pressed into bits of bark and stone, refusing to feel any more pain.
Her f...
KIM BONGIORNO Voodoo Girl
Her skin is white cloth,
and she's all sewn apart
and she has many colore...
TIM BURTON Ara?"
She jerked her face up. "Huh? Where were we?"
But his expression had grown serious, ...
KRESLEY COLE Yaicha is named after a song
by some group from the last century called the
Pousette-Dart ...
THALIA CHALTAS And she was snarling, snarling like some kind of animal as she snapped for his neck. He reared back,...
SARAH J. MAAS THAT crazed girl improvising her music.
Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,

Her soul...
W.B. YEATS He only allowed himself a quick glance at her, knowing as soon as he saw her that she was the kind o...
ADI ALSAID Sit down." He said It came out angrily. The girl turned him like she couldn't tell weather he was an...
RAINBOW ROWELL She walked around the edge of the table to position her next shot. As she pulled her cue back she wa...
ERIN NICHOLAS We don't believe it was a one-time thing. Before the boyfriend entered into the picture, this little...
CARL BRIZZI There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead;
And w...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Oh, it is sure as it is sad
That any lad is every lad,
And what's a girl, to dare implore DOROTHY PARKER He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still new to him, as if he has yet to get over...
GEORGE PLIMPTON A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is... and force the viewer to se...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN What do you want to show me?"

"Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a mi...
RAINBOW ROWELL He looked like every glossy frat boy in every nerd movie ever made, like every popular town boy who�...
JENNIFER CRUSIE I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl,
From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER There is a girl.
I named her love.
She has a father.
His name is desire.
Her mo...
DEBASISH MRIDHA You called her Kitten? And she let you? She put me in a coma for three days when I
called her t...
JEANIENE FROST We have complete confidence in her. She had a shaky first inning; she was nervous. After she settled...
JEFF KIDD And I'm not sensitive at all, Philip. Just
mean."
He smiled down at her. "Have you ever co...
NORA ROBERTS I believe in you, my darling. I believe in you."
He closed his eyes.
And when he opened th...
ELIZABETH HOYT Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES She picked up the book beside her. Jane Eyre. Used, bought recently in a bookshop in Camden Passage,...
MICHELLE CLIFF ALICE
She drank from a bottle called DRINK ME
And she grew so tall,
She ate from a pl...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN Simone couldn't move as she caught the hot look in his eyes. This was it and she knew it. She was lo...
SHERRILYN KENYON What are you doing?”
“What?”
Emrys didn’t raise his voice as he said, “To that g...
SARAH J. MAAS I watched a little girl cover her face up and leave her hands in front of her mouth. I saw that girl...
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CHARLES J. SHIELDS She almost fell down. Another girl got close to her and clipped the back of her foot a little bit.
BILL TILDEN He grasped her by the wrist , running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. "Then let me call...
SARAH J. MAAS You call that a kiss?"
"Yep."
Okay, so I'm in shock the girl put my hand on her creamy che...
SIMONE ELKELES He looked down at himself and laughed softly. ‘‘My dark side dresses better than I do.’’ He ...
RACHEL CAINE There's a girl, Dad."

He smiled a bit. "A girl."

"She kinda hates me, and I ki...
JAMIE MCGUIRE What did she say to you?"
"Nothing."
"Oh, great. I have to try to get you out of this mess...
MELINA MARCHETTA She was a critical thinker and she had an open mind. In addition to being a critical thinker, she wa...
GARY PERNELL He leaned forward to inspect her closer. "Is that all hair?"

... Sudden, overwhelming pan...
MARISSA MEYER Morgan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “Maybe you’re right,” she sighed, “We should ...
KRISTEN CASEY He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them...
CHARLES DICKENS The guy slapped her and ran. She ran after him. You don't slap a New Jersey girl and get away with i...
CRAIG BIGGIO Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should...
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE Hey, Lauren?” he called, and she stopped so abruptly her bag slid off her shoulder. She caught it ...
PRISCILLA GLENN She went a little fucking overboard on her anger." He looks at me. "Her daughters are all a bit nuts...
KRISTA RITCHIE Aelin took a step forward.
One step, as if in a daze.
She loosed a shuddering breath, and...
SARAH J. MAAS But, after one quick trace of his tongue between her lips, he abruptly pulled away and stepped back ...
BONNIE DEE Her shoes squished with the movement and, as she peered uncomprehendingly down at them, a tadpole em...
KAREN MARIE MONING I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the fi...
GILDA RADNER They didn't have very far to fall--I knew just being a girl in the world handicapped your ability to...
EMMA CLINE I know what I want for a souvenir,” he said.
“Yeah?”
He took her wrist and brushed...
MELISSA LANDERS Everyone is pretty enough in the dark,”
she whispered.
“No, they are not.” He kissed...
SYLVAIN REYNARD Slowly, I'm beginning to realise that what happened to me wasn't my fault, that I was taken advantag...
GIRL A When you've lived as long as I have," he said, eyes heavy-lidded but definitely on her, "you learn t...
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PRISCILLA GLENN

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TRUMAN CAPOTE Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
TRUMAN CAPOTE It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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TRUMAN CAPOTE The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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TRUMAN CAPOTE Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
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TRUMAN CAPOTE Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.
TRUMAN CAPOTE I can see every monster as they come in.
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TRUMAN CAPOTE I never cared for his writings one whit. Boring ... boring.
TRUMAN CAPOTE We're doing John first, and then bringing out Lee.
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TRUMAN CAPOTE When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas. , "Answered Prayers" (Unspoiled Monsters).
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TRUMAN CAPOTE Too Brief a Treat
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TRUMAN CAPOTE Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.
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TRUMAN CAPOTE Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streakin...
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ADRIAN CAPOTE It usually takes us a while to get our rhythm. If we can hold them in the beginning, we usually win....
ADRIAN CAPOTE Noel's a weapon for us on the outside. He's been tough as nails all year long.
ADRIAN CAPOTE I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. -Harry Truman.
HARRY TRUMAN [The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can...
HARRY TRUMAN It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
HARRY TRUMAN The world is not static and the status quo is not sacred.
TRUMAN DOCTRINE I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
HARRY TRUMAN Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only on...
HARRY TRUMAN You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it's going to be...
BESS TRUMAN You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it's going to be you...
BESS TRUMAN Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of ...
BESS TRUMAN It's nice to win.
BESS TRUMAN It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years.
BESS TRUMAN I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.
BESS TRUMAN I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these books.
BESS TRUMAN I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall wan...
BESS TRUMAN I have a strong tennis arm.
BESS TRUMAN I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejud...
BESS TRUMAN A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straigh...
BESS TRUMAN A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes oppo...
HARRY TRUMAN All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing an...
HARRY TRUMAN How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?.
HARRY TRUMAN There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with h...
HARRY TRUMAN Activities like that are really good for the city and the activist community.
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CARL TRUMAN No one really works together and I don't think that people mean to be that way, they just don't real...
CARL TRUMAN It's just the city, kind of, honestly, college students are pretty apathetic.
CARL TRUMAN It seemed like he was getting a lot of [expletive] for that, just being out there. It didn't seem li...
CARL TRUMAN It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
HARRY TRUMAN Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up ...
BESS TRUMAN Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.
HARRY TRUMAN We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in...
HARRY TRUMAN You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!
HARRY TRUMAN Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of cobras.
MARGARET TRUMAN He was prouder still to be a member of that even more restricted group, Uncle Sam Rayburn's Board of...
MARGARET TRUMAN He loved politicians - even Republicans.
MARGARET TRUMAN He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate.
MARGARET TRUMAN I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not ...
HARRY TRUMAN The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a...
HARRY TRUMAN The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.
HARRY TRUMAN Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
HARRY TRUMAN Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You rem...
HARRY TRUMAN The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.
HARRY TRUMAN Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.
HARRY TRUMAN Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand fo...
HARRY TRUMAN It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years.
BESS TRUMAN I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall...
BESS TRUMAN It's nice to win.
BESS TRUMAN I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these book...
BESS TRUMAN A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on str...
BESS TRUMAN I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.
BESS TRUMAN Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
HARRY TRUMAN It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own ho...
MARGARET TRUMAN It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.
HARRY TRUMAN They caught us easing up. We got careless just long enough for them to take advantage within the 18-...
JENNIFER TRUMAN Ariel took a lot of shots from all over the field. She was bound to find an opening for the goal.
JENNIFER TRUMAN All three girls play hard. The three of them are playing in such a great rhythm, not just between ea...
JENNIFER TRUMAN The boys went to Burger King and got him some of those crowns.
JENNIFER TRUMAN We have a very strong defense, and do a good job of frustrating opponents.
JENNIFER TRUMAN We had a game the night before and I think the kids may have been tired. We didn't play well, and wi...
JENNIFER TRUMAN I don't know what happened over the span of the 10-minute halftime. It was like I had put 11 differe...
JENNIFER TRUMAN The girls just couldn't seem to get past the mud. The mud stopped every shot cold.
JENNIFER TRUMAN It's been very frustrating having to delay putting the pieces together prior to league because of th...
JENNIFER TRUMAN It's disappointing on one hand that there may never be a state championship. In our section we get t...
JENNIFER TRUMAN Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.
HARRY TRUMAN A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Ser...
HARRY TRUMAN The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
HARRY S TRUMAN If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
HARRY S TRUMAN When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
HARRY S TRUMAN The buck stops here!
HARRY S TRUMAN Ive said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representativ...
HARRY S TRUMAN People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.
HARRY S TRUMAN They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation....
HARRY S TRUMAN I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a ...
HARRY S TRUMAN The Buck Stops Here
HARRY S TRUMAN Shortly after I was elected, in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight, I made up my mind that I would not...
HARRY S TRUMAN Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr...
HARRY S TRUMAN The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special repre...
HARRY S TRUMAN When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here,...
HARRY S TRUMAN You know, the greatest epitaph in the country is here in Arizona. Its in Tombstone, Ariz. , and this...
HARRY S TRUMAN There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the Presiden...
HARRY S TRUMAN Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.
HARRY S TRUMAN Im proud that Im a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a poli...
HARRY S TRUMAN On May 14 I was informed that the Provisional Government of Israel was planning to proclaim a Jewish...
HARRY S TRUMAN A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
HARRY S TRUMAN Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
HARRY S TRUMAN You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cann...
HARRY S TRUMAN Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
HARRY S. TRUMAN It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
HARRY S. TRUMAN I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.
HARRY S. TRUMAN I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.
HARRY S. TRUMAN Start slow and taper off.
HARRY S. TRUMAN That government is best which governs least.
HARRY S. TRUMAN I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a po...
HARRY S. TRUMAN It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's v...
HARRY S. TRUMAN Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the su...
HARRY S. TRUMAN All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
HARRY S TRUMAN