[Y]outh is hardly human: it can't be, for the young never believe they…

Truman Capote
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[Y]outh is hardly human: it can't be, for the young never believe they will die...especially would they never believe that death comes, and often, in forms other than the natural one. ✨ Truman Capote (2007). Other Voices, Other Rooms, p.122, Vintage
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[Y]outh is hardly human: it can't be, for the young never believe they will die...especially would they never believe that death comes, and often, in forms other than the natural one. ✨ Truman Capote (2007). Other Voices, Other Rooms, p.122, Vintage

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