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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.

William Faulkner

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

All Base Dream Fail Failure Impossible Match Perfection Rate Us
Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Avoid Been Dangerm Fight Every Except Men Pracfist Reason Sun Under
If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Because Choose Color Country Elect First Front Homogeneous One Present Survive Unbroken World
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Avatar Condition Existence Fluid Individual Momentary No Only People Such Thing Time
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Know never Read Something Think Written
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

All Being Country Left Like Love Meddle People Person Snob Time
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Day Fire Man Misfortune One Sum Them Think
All l mixed up with them, like trying to, having to, move your arms and legs with strings, only the same strings are hitched to all the other arms and legs and the others all trying and they don’t know why either except that the strings are all in one another’s way.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

All Another Except Have Know Mix Same String Try Way
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Aim Arrest Artificial Artist Every Fix Hold Hundred Later Mena Motion Year
You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Could Do Except Just Know Knowmobidy Me Much Not So You
History is not was, it is.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

History Not Was
Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Die Do Love Men Women
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Artist Choose Creature Demon Divine Him Usually Why Wonder
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Dream End Enough IT Lose Seek Wisdom
You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Anyhow Beat Dislike Even Trouble Try Uproar Wise Women
Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Honest Then Unless Ashamed Yourself

Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.

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