We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
WILLIAM FAULKNERBut I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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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 books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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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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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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I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
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Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what’s beautiful, and it’s best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Whatever its symbol – cross or crescent or whatever – that symbol is man’s reminder of his duty inside the human race.
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