The ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
WILLIAM FAULKNERMen have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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The poets are almost always wrong about the facts… That’s because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth…
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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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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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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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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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I’d have wasted a lot of time and trouble before I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they are, then leave them alone.
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought.
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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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