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Truman Capote Quotes about Inspirational

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.189, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.

Inspirational, Wise, Past

"Other Voices, Other Rooms".

It’s better to look at the sky than live there

Inspirational, Motivational, Sky

Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.74, Vintage

Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in.

Inspirational, Keys, Doors

Truman Capote (2001). “In Cold Blood”, p.92, Vintage

We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.

Inspirational, Sky, Sometimes

Truman Capote (2012). “Music For Chameleons”, p.56, Vintage

I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.

Inspirational, Motivational, Entrepreneur

Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it, French hoard it, Italians squander it, Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Know what I say? I say time is a crook.

Inspirational, Time, Doe

Before birth; yes, what time was it then? A time like now, and when they were dead, it would be still like now: these trees, that sky, this earth, those acorn seeds, sun and wind, all the same, while they, with dust-turned hearts, change only.

Inspirational, Heart, Dust

Truman Capote (2007). “Other Voices, Other Rooms”, p.107, Vintage

Leave it to me: I'm always top banana in the shock department.

Inspirational, Motivational, Entrepreneur

Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.61, Vintage

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.

Inspirational, Long, Waiting

Truman Capote (2001). “In Cold Blood”, p.96, Vintage

Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that’s why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a burden.

Inspirational, Action, Breakfast At Tiffanys

Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.10, Vintage

I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it till the end of the race.

Inspirational, Race, Till The End

I dream of eagles and bring forth sparrows.

Inspirational, Dream, Eagles

Clocks indeed must have their sacrifice: what is death but an offering to time and eternity?

Inspirational, Sacrifice, Offering

"Other Voices, Other Rooms".

[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.

Inspirational, Believe, Natural

Truman Capote (2007). “Other Voices, Other Rooms”, p.122, Vintage

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