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The poets are almost always wrong about the facts… That’s because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth…

William Faulkner

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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
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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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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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Flouted Hard Man Need Road Seem
Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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Believe Endure Man Merely Prevail
I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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All Desire Give Hope Mausoleum
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.
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Beyond Broken Butterfly Could Curve Dusk Last Light Like Mirror Piece River Saw Smell Supinem Tranquil Tideflat Trembling Upon
People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Frustration Little Need People Sharpen Spirit Toughen Trouble
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
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Artist Beg Choose Creature Demon Done Driven Everybody Steal Wonder Work
Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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Family Memory Most Our Sweet Treasure
I think that no one individual can look at truth. It blinds you. You look at it and you see one phase of it.
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Blind Individual Look Phase See Think Truth
Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Bad Classic Do Everything Good How Read Trash
They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.
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Chronic Deceive Himself Liar Lie Only Practical Quickest Say Selfconvicted Veracity
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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Battle Despair Even Ever Field Folly Fought Lluision Man No Only Own Reveal Victory Won
Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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Long Night Nothing Omisison One Regret Sleppeless Tomorrow Wrest
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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Dream End Enough IT Lose Seek Wisdom

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