He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
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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.
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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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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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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.
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