Truman Capote · 320 pages
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“He’d always been willing to confess his faults, for, by admitting them, it was as if he made them no longer exist.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Here is a hall without exit, a tunnel without end.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Think of nothing things, think of wind.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“In the country, spring is a time of small happenings happening quietly, hyacinth shoots thrusting in a garden, willows burning with a sudden frosty fire of green, lengthening afternoons of long flowing dusk, and midnight rain opening lilac; but in the city there is the fanfare of organ-grinders, and odors, undiluted by winter wind, clog the air; windows long closed go up, and conversation, drifting beyond a room, collides with the jangle of a peddler's bell.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Но повечето сънища започват, защото в нас има бесове, които разтварят с трясък всички врати.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Snow-quiet, sleep-silent, only the fun-fire faraway songsinging of children; and the room was blue with cold, colder than the cold of fairytales: lie down my heart among the igloo flowers of snow.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“On the opposite bank, a hummingbird, whirring it's invisible wings, ate the heart of a giant tiger lily.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Preacher was a small man, a mite, and his face was a million wrinkles. Tufts of gray wool sprouted from his bluish skull and his eyes were sorrowful. He was so bent that he resembled a rusty sickle and his skin was the yellow of superior leather. As he studied what remained of his farm, his hand pestered his chin wisely but, to tell the truth, he was thinking nothing.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“This part of Alabama is swampy, with mosquitoes that could murder a buffalo, given half a chance, not to mention dangerous flying roaches and a posse of local rats big enough to haul a wagon train from here to Timbuctoo.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Small towns are best for spending Christmas, I think. They catch the mood quicker and change and come alive under its spell.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Там е домът ви и трябва да помните, че другото няма значение.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Никога вече няма да се страхувам. – каза. – Всъщност почти не помня от какво се страхувах.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Но помни - винаги има и друг човек. Просто не трябва да гледаш повече към предишния, това е всичко.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“Тя отметна главата си назад и смехът ѝ се издигна и се понесе над улицата като изоставено хвърчило в крещящ цвят.”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“She spent the rest of the way home despising New York: anonymity, in virtuous terror; and the squeaking drainpipe, all-night light, ceaseless footfall, subway corridor, numbered door (3C).
('Master Misery')”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
“which is a venomous lie from start to finish”
― Truman Capote, quote from The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
Truman Capote
Born place: in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States
Born date September 30, 1924
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