I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.
Truman CapoteRead
To wake up one morning and feel that I was a last a grown-up person, emptied of resentment, vengeful thoughts and other wasteful childish emotions. To find myself, in other words, an adult. Truman Capote
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the desire to achieve emotional maturity and let go of negative feelings.
Truman Capote expresses a longing for personal growth, where he wishes to wake up feeling like a true adult, free from the burdens of resentment and childish emotions. This maturity signifies not just age, but a deeper understanding and acceptance of oneself, leading to a more peaceful and fulfilling life.
Themes
MaturityResentmentEmotionsAdulthoodPersonal Growth
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech, one could say, 'As Truman Capote puts it, achieving adulthood means letting go of resentment and embracing personal growth.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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