And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA man is the sum of his misfortunes.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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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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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863…
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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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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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Civilization begins with distillation
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.
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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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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
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