Truman Capote Quotes about Sleep

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The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.

The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.

Truman Capote

Sleep, World, Closets

How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.

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Sleep, Simple, Night

And yes, to answer you seriously, I am beginning to be... well, not bored, but tempted; afraid, but tempted. When you've been in pain for a long time, when you wake up every morning with a rising sense of hysteria, then boredom is what you want, marathon sleeps, a silence in yourself.

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Morning, Pain, Sleep

Truman Capote (2012). “Answered Prayes”, p.74, Vintage

Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travellin' through the pastures of the sky

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Sleep, Sky, Pastures

Truman Capote (2014). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.92, Serambi Ilmu Semesta

But there were moments when she played songs that made you wonder where she learned them, where indeed she came from. Harsh-tender wandering tunes with words that smacked of pinewoods or prairie. One went: Don’t wanna sleep, Don’t wanna die, Just wanna go a-travelin’ through the pastures of the sky; and this one seemed to gratify her the most, for often she continued it long after her hair hard dried, after the sun had gone and there were lighted windows in the dusk.

Truman Capote

Song, Sleep, Hair

Truman Capote Quotes about Sleep

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