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She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise whe was perfect.
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 suppose you think I'm very brazen. Or très fou. Or something.' Not at all.' She seemed disappointed. 'Yes, you do. Everybody does. I don't mind. It's useful.
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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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Shoot, boy, the country's just fulla folks what knows everything, and don't understand nothing, just fullofem.
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