The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
WILLIAM FAULKNERWomen know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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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 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
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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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The ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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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 work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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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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Read, read read. Read everything.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
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