Haunted by wrong turns and roads not taken, we pursue images perceived as new but whose providence dates to the dim dramas of childhood, which are themselves but ripples of consequence echoing down the generations.
WILLIAM FAULKNERWar and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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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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Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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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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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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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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