I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.
Truman CapoteRead
A disquieting loneliness came into my life, but it induced no hunger for friends of longer acquaintance: they seemed now like a salt-free, sugarless diet.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Loneliness can lead one to feel detached from existing friendships and desire deeper connections.
Truman Capote's quote reflects the profound sense of loneliness that sometimes creeps into our lives. This feeling can alter our perception of relationships; instead of valuing superficial connections, we start yearning for more meaningful and fulfilling interactions, comparing the experience of shallow friendships to a diet devoid of essential flavors.
Themes
LonelinessFriendshipConnectionRelationshipsMeaningful
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a discussion about the depth of friendships at a gathering.
More from Truman Capote
All quotes →All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.
Truman CapoteRead
No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.
Truman CapoteRead
Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.
Truman CapoteRead
I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.
Truman CapoteRead
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
Truman CapoteRead
Similar quotes
So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
Princess DianaRead
Marriage was created not to be a background but to need one. Mine is going to be outstanding. It can't, shan't be the setting - it's going to be the performance, the lively, lovely, glamorous performance, and the world shall be the scenery.
F. Scott FitzgeraldRead
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
Jean PaulRead
I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
Rita Mae BrownRead
I’ve found that festivals are a relatively painless way to meet people and make a few points that need making, without having to hit them over the head with too many speeches.
Pete SeegerRead
It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
Yann MartelRead