Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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The ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
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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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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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I think that no one individual can look at truth. It blinds you. You look at it and you see one phase of it.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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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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He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
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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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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
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