Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
WILLIAM FAULKNERAll of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.
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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be – curious – to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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Whatever its symbol – cross or crescent or whatever – that symbol is man’s reminder of his duty inside the human race.
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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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Try to be better than yourself.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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