Bidam Bared | Truman Capote

The novel “In Cold Blood” made Truman Capote the most famous writer in America immediately after its publication in 1966. But he could not finish writing another novel after that, due to its crushing impact on him, until it completely destroyed his life, so he died in 1984 due to complications from his alcoholism. The quote he chose to open his last unfinished novel, from the sayings of Saint Teresa, was:

“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.”