Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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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Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.
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Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.
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Good ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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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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It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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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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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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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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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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