# Quote — Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

> She had said she was afraid of Perry, and she was, but was it simply Perry she feared, or was it a configuration of which he was part [...]? The eldest, the brother she loved, had shot himself; Fern had fallen out of a window, or jumped; and Perry was committed to violence, a criminal.

- Author: [Truman Capote](https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote.md)
- Book: [In Cold Blood](https://www.leafyquotes.com/truman-capote/in-cold-blood.md)
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