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Who gathers the withered rose?

William Faulkner

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If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Because Choose Color Country Elect First Front Homogeneous One Present Survive Unbroken World
The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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Curiosity Important Insight Man Most Muse Talent Think Whether Wonder
Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Before Cringe Feminine Like Override Success Woman
Someone else looks at it and sees a slightly awry phase of it. But taken all together, the truth is in what they saw though nobody saw the truth intact.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Else Infact Look Nobody See Slightly Someone Taken Together Truth
Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Be Beter To Try Yourself
Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Honest Then Unless Ashamed Yourself
Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Afraid Be Help Scared
A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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Kick Labor Mule Once Patiently Privilege Ten Willingly Year You
I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Beyond Broken Butterfly Could Curve Dusk Last Light Like Mirror Piece River Saw Smell Supinem Tranquil Tideflat Trembling Upon
Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain’t got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Courage Cowardice Fellow Good Gun Let Run Time Toward Whether Word
If there is a God what the hell is He for?
WILLIAM FAULKNER

For God Hell
One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat…nor make love for eight hours…
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After Day Do Eat Eight Hour Love Man One Sad Thing Work
Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Dead Life Long Prepare Process Time
Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was – only is.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Avatar Condition Existence Fluid Individual Momentary No Only People Such Thing Time
No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Back Bear Cash Either Got Kidos Matter Money Paper Picture Refuse Young
My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Been Experience Food Little Need Own Paper Tobacco Tool Trade Whisky
No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Ancestor Blindly Cling Grief Man More No One Value Vice
Wonder. Go on and wonder.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Go On Wonder
I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Badly Enough Money Want Work
Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Ever Kno Mean Men More Possibly Women Wor
The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Always Demand Distract Event Feel Image Quotation Resonance Some
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Artist Beg Choose Creature Demon Done Driven Everybody Steal Wonder Work
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Know never Read Something Think Written
People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Frustration Little Need People Sharpen Spirit Toughen Trouble
There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Less Many Some Thing Thousand Three Too Word
A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Accept Action Bear Burden Consequences Gentlemen Responsibility
You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Despite Fault Love Virtue You

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