I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTry to be better than yourself.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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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.
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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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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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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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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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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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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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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History is not was, it is.
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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