I think that no one individual can look at truth. It blinds you. You look at it and you see one phase of it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERPeople to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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History is not was, it is.
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Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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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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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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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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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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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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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
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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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Civilization begins with distillation
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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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