Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
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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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Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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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.
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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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Civilization begins with distillation
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat…nor make love for eight hours…
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death.
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I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
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