The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.
WILLIAM FAULKNEROur most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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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.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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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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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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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
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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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