It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
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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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A man. All men. He will pass up a hundred chances to do good for one chance to meddle where meddling is not wanted. He will overlook and fail to see chances, opportunities, for riches and fame and welldoing, and even sometimes for evil. But he won’t fail to see a chance to meddle.
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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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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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It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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