15 Memorable quotes from Breakfast At Tiffany's novel

Truman Capote was an American writer born on September 30, 1924. His non-fiction stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. His works include the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, which he labeled as "non-fiction novel", brought him much fame. Capote's novels, stories and screenplays are also made into films and TV dramas. He passed away in 1984 at the age of 59.
Here are 15 best quotes from Truman Capote's novella Breakfast at Tiffany's; the main character in the story, Holly Golightly, is said to be one of Capote's best-known creations.
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“You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
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“The answer is good things only happen to you if you're good. Good? Honest is more what I mean... Be anything but a coward, a pretender, an emotional crook, a whore: I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart.”
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“Never love a wild thing, Mr. Bell,' Holly advised him. 'That was Doc's mistake. He was always lugging home wild things. A hawk with a hurt wing. One time it was a full-grown bobcat with a broken leg. But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That's how you'll end up, Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky."
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
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“The average personality reshapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul- desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change.”
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“She was still hugging the cat. "Poor slob," she said, tickling his head, "poor slob without a name. It's a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven't any right to give him one: he'll have to wait until he belongs to somebody. We just sort of took up by the river one day, we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I. I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together. I'm not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it's like." She smiled, and let the cat drop to the floor. "It's like Tiffany's," she said.
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“My yardstick is how somebody treats me.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
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“I’ll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
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“Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc - it's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.”
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“Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.” ― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, (Pic: Breakfast At Tiffany's)

“If I do feel guilty, I guess it's because I let him go on dreaming when I wasn't dreaming a bit.”
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“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
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“You can love somebody without it being like that. You keep them a stranger, a stranger who's a friend.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
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“Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travellin' through the pastures of the sky”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
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“I loved her enough to forget myself, my self-pitying despairs, and be content that something she thought happy was going to happen.”
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“I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's

Compiled by: Surabhi Rawat
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