I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end.
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She was the captain of her soul
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
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But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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History is not was, it is.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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