Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
Truman CapoteFirst, a gorgeous breakfast: just everything you can imagine from flapjacks and fried squirrel to hominy grits and honey in the comb...we're so impatient to get at the presents we can't eat a mouthful.
Truman CapoteShe took off her dark glasses and squinted at me. It was as though her eyes were shattered prisms, the dots of blue and gray and green like broken bits of sparkle.
Truman CapoteStill, when all is said, somewhere one must belong: even the soaring falcon returns to its master's wrist.
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