If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
WILLIAM FAULKNERYou 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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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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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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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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.
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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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The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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The past is never dead, it is not even past.
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I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
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A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change.
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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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You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
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