I was terribly sure trees and flowers were the same as birds or people. That they thought things and talked among themselves. And we could hear them if we really tried. It was just a matter of emptying your head of all other sounds. Being very quiet and listening very hard. Sometimes I still believe that. But one can never get quiet enough...


In Cold Blood (ed. Vintage, 2001) - ISBN: 9781588361653

Truman Capote Quotes

I was terribly sure trees and flowers were the same as birds or people. That they thought things and talked among themselves. And we could hear them...

I was terribly sure trees and flowers were the same as birds or people. That they thought things and talked among themselves. And we could hear them...

I was terribly sure trees and flowers were the same as birds or people. That they thought things and talked among themselves. And we could hear them...

I was terribly sure trees and flowers were the same as birds or people. That they thought things and talked among themselves. And we could hear them...