# Quote — Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

> “Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.”

- Author: [Truman Capote](https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote.md)
- Book: [In Cold Blood](https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote/in-cold-blood.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Truman_Capote#In_Cold_Blood_(1965)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote/in-cold-blood/just-remember-if-one

## More from this book

> “They [the Clutters] never hurt me. Like other people. Like people have all my life. Maybe it's just that the Clutters were the ones who had to pay for it.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote/in-cold-blood/they-the-clutters.md)

> “There is considerable hypocrisy in conventionalism. Any thinking person is aware of this paradox; but in dealing with conventional people it is advantageous to treat them as though they were not hypocrites. It isn't a question of faithfulness to your own concepts; it is a matter of compromise so that you can remain an individual without the constant threat of conventional pressures.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote/in-cold-blood/there-is-considerable.md)

> I ought at least to have made corporal. But I never did. Know why? Because the sergeant we had was tough. Because I wouldn't roll over. Jesus, I hate that stuff. I can't stand it. Though—I don't know. Some queers I really liked. As long as they didn't try anything. The most worthwhile friend I ever had, really sensitive and intelligent, he turned out to be queer.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote/in-cold-blood/i-ought-at-least.md)