Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA 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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph.
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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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 most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
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The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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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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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why.
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
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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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