A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
WILLIAM FAULKNERAs long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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If you, not just you in this room tonight, but in all the thousands of other rooms like this one about the world today and tomorrow and next week, will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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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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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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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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One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat…nor make love for eight hours…
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.
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Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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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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The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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