Good ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
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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The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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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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Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what’s beautiful, and it’s best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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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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Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was – only is.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
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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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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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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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