In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

It is easy to ignore the rain if you have a raincoat. But how would she feel if she were compelled to hustle her living on the streets?

The crime was a psychological accident, virtually an impersonal act; the victims might as well have been killed by lightning. Except for one thing: they had experienced prolonged terror, they had suffered.

I run as free & wild as a coyote. There was no rule or discipline, or anyone to show me right from wrong. I came & went as I pleased—until my first encounter with Trouble.

I think the main reason I went there was not to rob them but to rape the girl.