War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain’t got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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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 most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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