A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
WILLIAM FAULKNERLife is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.
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It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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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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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.
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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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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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
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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.
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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