"In Cold Blood" Quotes
Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is a non-fiction novel that recounts the brutal murders of the Clutter family in rural Kansas and the subsequent investigation and trial of their killers.
nonfiction | 343 pages | Published in 1965
Quotes
The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there.'
The crime was a psychological accident, virtually an impersonal act; the victims might as well have been killed by lightning.
It’s the same case, only it’s not the same case.
The effect of the disappearance was that it made us nervous. We had been safe and strong within the walls of our home, and now, because of the savagery outside, we had begun to feel the terror closing in on us.
When a cluttered mind interacts with modern life, it can only lead to chaos.
The village of Holcomb is anchored to the middle of nowhere by a grain elevator, a tall, angular, metal tower that blights the surrounding landscape with its industrial ugliness.
The burden of being burdened is a great one.
It’s as if we were forever looking at ourselves in an amusement park mirror.
Each of us is a book waiting to be read, but no one reads the same book.
The loss of life is the greatest tragedy, but the loss of potential is the greatest loss.
