No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
WILLIAM FAULKNEROnly 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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.
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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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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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He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
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The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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