Truman Capote Quotes


Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.


Citations

Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. Random House, 1966, p. 147.

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Truman Capote
Truman Capote
  • Born: September 30, 1924
  • Died: August 25, 1984
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor, Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter

Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas.