When he was in the army he'd picked up a great many girls: sometimes nothing happened except a lot of talk, and that was all right too: because it didn't matter what you said to them, for in those transient moments lies or truth were arbitrary and you were whatever you wanted to be. Truman Capote
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This quote is about how all the girls were interested in him when he was in the army. They would talk to him and then sometimes they would go ahead with something that happened between them, but they never did anything more than that. It was all right too because it didn't matter what he said to them, for in those transient moments lies or truth were arbitrary and he was whatever he wanted to be.

Source: Summer Crossing

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