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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.

William Faulkner

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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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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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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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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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Know never Read Something Think Written
Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death.
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After Death Destroy Good Nothing Only Thing Writer
Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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The poets are almost always wrong about the facts… That’s because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth…
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Always Fact Interest Poet Really Truth Wrong
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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Accept Brave Deserve Earn Enough Fail Find Match Only She Somebody Try Twice
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Curiosity Important Insight Man Most Muse Talent Think Whether Wonder

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