We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERWomen know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.
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Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change.
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And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
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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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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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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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