The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
WILLIAM FAULKNERNo battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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History is not was, it is.
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Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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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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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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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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Someone else looks at it and sees a slightly awry phase of it. But taken all together, the truth is in what they saw though nobody saw the truth intact.
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I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
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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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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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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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Try to be better than yourself.
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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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