The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
("In Cold Blood")
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Poor slob without a name. It's a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven't the 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.Truman Capote
When I think of how good my book can be, it scares me.
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Home is where you feel at home. I'm still looking.
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Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc - it's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.
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I despise people who can't control themselves.
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