She was still hugging the cat. "Poor slob," she said, tickling his head, "poor slob without a name. It's a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven't any 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. I'm not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it's like." She smiled, and let the cat drop to the floor. "It's like Tiffany's," she said. [...] It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there, not with those kind men in their nice suits, and that lovely smell of silver and alligator wallets. If I could find a real-life place that made me feel like Tiffany's, then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name.
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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