Truman Capote Inspirational Quotes

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• Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Keys, Doors

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

• [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.

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Believe, Natural

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

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sky

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

• 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.

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Heart, Dust

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

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Motivational, Entrepreneur

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Wise, Past

  "Other Voices, Other Rooms".

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Race, Till The End

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Motivational, Entrepreneur

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Action, Breakfast At Tiffanys

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Long, Waiting

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

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Sky, Sometimes

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

• 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.

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Time, Doe

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

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Sacrifice, Offering

  "Other Voices, Other Rooms".

• I dream of eagles and bring forth sparrows.

  Truman Capote

  Inspirational, Dream, Eagles

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