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.
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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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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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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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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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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The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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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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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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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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Who gathers the withered rose?
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We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
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