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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER
Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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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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You get born and you try this and you don’t know why, only you keep on trying it and you are born at the same time with a lot of other people.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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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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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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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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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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