You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, and you're terrified so…

Truman Capote
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You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself. ✨ Fictional character: Paul 'Fred' Varjak. Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961.
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