Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
WILLIAM FAULKNERMemory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
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