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…
WILLIAM FAULKNERIt’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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She was the captain of her soul
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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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.
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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
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Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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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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I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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