Sally Tomato is a mob boss serving time in Sing Sing prison. When the narrator first meets Holly, she tells him that she visits Sally every Thursday. When the narrator asks why, Holly explains that Sally’s “lawyer,” Mr. O’Shaughnessy, asked her to do this for money, saying that Sally saw her once and would love it if she visited him to keep him company while he serves time. Holly agrees to do this, understanding how terrible it would be to be locked away. She also agrees to pass coded messages back and forth between Sally and O’Shaughnessy, never inquiring what, exactly, they mean. Doing this ultimately implicates her in the drug ring that Sally has been running from prison, which is why she eventually gets arrested along with O’Shaughnessy, who isn’t really a lawyer.
Sally Tomato Quotes in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Breakfast at Tiffany’s quotes below are all either spoken by Sally Tomato or refer to Sally Tomato. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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“Certain shades of limelight wreck a girl’s complexion. Even if a jury gave me the Purple Heart, this neighborhood holds no future: they’d still have up every rope from LaRue to Perona’s Bar and Grill— take my word […]. And if you lived off my particular talents. Cookie, you’d understand the kind of bankruptcy I’m describing.”
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Sally Tomato Quotes in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Breakfast at Tiffany’s quotes below are all either spoken by Sally Tomato or refer to Sally Tomato. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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“Certain shades of limelight wreck a girl’s complexion. Even if a jury gave me the Purple Heart, this neighborhood holds no future: they’d still have up every rope from LaRue to Perona’s Bar and Grill— take my word […]. And if you lived off my particular talents. Cookie, you’d understand the kind of bankruptcy I’m describing.”
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