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I despise people who can't control themselves.
Truman Capote
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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
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Truman Garcia Capote
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I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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I couldn't understand a sense of unease that multiplied until I could hear my heart beating.
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