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Truman Capote : Because they are swans, you... Beautiful and unruffled above the waters, stunning, singular, gliding through the ponds of society. But God gave them too much baggage, you see. Underneath the crisp surface of the water, they have to... paddle twice as fast and vigorously as an ordinary duck just to stay afloat. It's a great burden only some can bear.
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Truman Capote : Only three of the swans will be in attendance today.The number one swan in the pecking order, Babe.The most perfect woman ever made.Her only flaw is her perfection.She's almost too beautiful to look at. And her eyes... they're so smart, they see so much. And there's no greater WASP. Just to be around her smooths the rough edges off. Anyone in her orbit glows. Her husband Bill Paley treats her precisely like an employee with no time off. Even while he's fucking someone else in a hotel a block from home.She offered to buy me a house. But you can't take too many gifts from these beautiful creatures, or they own you.
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Truman Capote : Anyway, also, there will be the breath of fresh air that is C.Z. Guest. The most exemplary of the swans.Really, my dear, she gardens he way Jascha Heifetz plays violin. You know, C.Z.'s been able to stretch the marigold season way into late fall. The marigolds she grows don't want to fade as summer ends. They just want to share their great sunlike beauty for her, as though they were wonderful pets eager to please. She does this with anything that lives. Like magic. It's done through love.
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Truman Capote : And Slim, Slim Keith, came out of dusty poverty in the middle of rust-fuck California to marry Howard Hawks and then Leland Hayward and then an even sweller swell with all the money in the world and no discernable personality to interfere with any of it. There is no one smarter or as many steps ahead of you at chess. And she knows Hollywood like she knows London like she knows Paris and Capri, with her eyes closed.
