Holly Golighty's Life Mantras

Lessons on being a woman and life

Holly Golightly’s

Life Mantras

 

From Truman Capote’s Breakfast At Tiffany’s

"Leave it to me: I'm always top banana in the shock department."

"If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn't like either of them, well, I'm in trouble anyway: he don't like girls."

"For all her chic thinness, she had an almost breakfast-cereal air of health, a soap-and-lemon cleanness, a rough pink darkening of the cheeks."

“Every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change.

"My yardstick is how somebody treats me."

"Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot."

“No matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself."

“The army of wrongness rampant in the world might as well march over me.”

“Rather have cancer than a dishonest heart.”

“A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick."

“Should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two."

 

Author's Note

A few of favorite quotes from Truman Cappote's charachter Holly Golightly in
Breakfast At Tiffany's. Officially not included in the Kerry's Challenge #3 for not being original work.

Reviews

[tynamite]

All those quotes are wrong. I'm not liking it. The man in the 2nd quote seems gay. The 3rd one looks like she had just taken off a face mask. It seems like an upmarket version of Jersey Shore. I don't want to read this book.

[jinjahman]

clever and enchanting

[Becky C Strukamp]

The quotes are magnificent, and lend a wonderful effect to your poem. I love the last stanza. Excellent write.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

Such unique quotes!

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the many quotes. My favorite should be the logic of this world.
"My yardstick is how somebody treats me."
If we treat other people with a smile and a handshake. World could learn peace. Give me a Bill Clinton. Big country smile and his wisdom create peace and open the door to friendship. Need men and woman willing to be kind and listen. Talk peace and love and not war. Thank you for the amazing quotes. Made old Coyote think.
Coyote

[OT]

haha there's a challenge this week to write about breakfast at tiffany's so this was a nice coincidence - great collection of quotes you've chosen! she is an iconic character!

[light and ashes]

Ok, so I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! What a fantastic idea for you to do this! I own this movie and it is one of my very many favorites. Bravo bravo bravo!

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Splendid.........I love the last one.........“Should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two." Sounds like somebody better move fast! :)