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Love should be allowed. I’m all for it. Now that I’ve got a pretty good idea what it is.
Truman Capote
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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
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I would have liked to have known Oscar Wilde because I think he must have been very amusing and entertaining.
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Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that's one definition of a lady.
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No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.
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There is really no practical help that one can offer: it is a matter of self-discovery, of one's own conviction, or working with one's own work your style is what seems natural to you. It is a long process of discovery, one that never ends. I am working at it, and will be as long as I live.
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