It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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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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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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A man. All men. He will pass up a hundred chances to do good for one chance to meddle where meddling is not wanted. He will overlook and fail to see chances, opportunities, for riches and fame and welldoing, and even sometimes for evil. But he won’t fail to see a chance to meddle.
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Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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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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Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.
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