Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
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 most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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Civilization begins with distillation
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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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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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Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
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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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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.
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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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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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