Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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She was the captain of her soul
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be – curious – to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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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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You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.
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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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They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.
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