It was as if I were an oyster and somebody forced a grain of sand into my shell -- a grain of sand that I didn't know was there and didn't particularly welcome. Then a pearl started forming around the grain and it irritated me, made me angry, tortured me sometimes. But the oyster can't help becoming obsessed with the pearl. Truman Capote
I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.
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Miyakahi Hayao
While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.
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Whitney Otto
The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her character. And those who have a protector in a husband have,...
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Abigail Adams
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Lao Tzu
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.
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Anita Desai
More Quotes By Truman Capote
I had finally become aware of how much I was capable of, how little I had to lose, and how deep into Douglas's soft sand I had sunk. Magellan's letters, which Douglas had recited, had become part of my being. It was as if I...
It was as if I was right there with Magellan, following every curve of his pen as he wrote down his words to his beloved ones confiding his secret. I had become the ink, and the tip was tattooing my path. I was going to...
