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.
WILLIAM FAULKNERRemember, 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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend 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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Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was – only is.
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Good ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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I think that no one individual can look at truth. It blinds you. You look at it and you see one phase of it.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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