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Truman Capote Quote

“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”

— Truman Capote

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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

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Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

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