She was the captain of her soul
WILLIAM FAULKNERAnd even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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I think that no one individual can look at truth. It blinds you. You look at it and you see one phase of it.
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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.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
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It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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The past is never dead, it is not even past.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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