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Truman Capote Quotes

Truman Capote quotes about girls

American Novelist, Writer September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984

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With an exceedingly contemptuous expression, Idabel drew up to her full height. "Son," she said, and spit between her fingers, "what you've got in your britches is no news to me, and no concern of mine: hell, I've fooled around with nobody but boys since first grade. I never think like I'm a girl; you've got to remember that, or we can't never be friends." For all its bravado, she made this declaration with a special and compelling innocence; and when she knocked one fist against the other,... Truman Capote
The instant she saw the letter she squinted her eyes and bent her lips in a tough tiny smile that advanced her age immeasurably. "Darling," she instructed me, "would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick. Truman Capote
I've got to stay awake,' she said, punching her cheeks until the roses came. 'There isn't time to sleep, I'd look consumptive, I'd sag like a tenement, and that wouldn't be fair: a girl can't go to Sing Sing with a green face. Truman Capote
It’s like Tiffany’s,” she said. “Not that I give a hoot about jewelry. Diamonds, yes. But it’s tacky to wear diamonds before you’re forty; and even that’s risky. They only look right on the really old girls. Maria Ouspenskaya. Wrinkles and bones, white hair and diamonds. I can’t wait. Truman Capote
Truman Capote quote: "would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A..."
would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick. Truman Capote
Truman Capote quote: "A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick."..."
A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick." -Holly Golightly Truman Capote
If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn't like either of them, well, I'm in trouble anyway: he don't like girls. Truman Capote
Truman Capote quote: "I like to listen, and I like to talk. Heavens, girl, can't you..."
I like to listen, and I like to talk. Heavens, girl, can't you see I like to talk? Truman Capote

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