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"The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory."
"There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink."
"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make."
"Still, when all is said, somewhere one must belong: even the soaring falcon returns to its master's wrist."
"The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel."
"Some cities, like wrapped boxes under Christmas trees, conceal unexpected gifts, secret delights. Some cities will always remain wrapped boxes, containers of riddles never to be solved, nor even to be seen by vacationing visitors, or, for that matter, the most inquisitive, persistent travelers."
"If you weren't here, if you could be anywhere you wanted to be, doing anything you wanted to do, where would you be and what would you be doing?"
"That isn't writing at all, it's typing."
"Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down."
"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself."
"I was terribly sure trees and flowers were the same as birds or people. That they thought things and talked among themselves. And we could hear them if we really tried. It was just a matter of emptying your head of all other sounds. Being very quiet and listening very hard. Sometimes I still believe that. But one can never get quiet enough."
"Home is where you feel at home. I'm still looking."
"Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent."
"In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms."
"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."
"Never love a wild thing...If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky."
"Are the dead as lonesome as the living?"
"The good thing about masturbation is that you don't have to get dressed up for it."
"Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly"
"Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies."